linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] x86, microcode, intel: don't use fields from unknown format header

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:28:02 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] x86, microcode, intel: don't use fields from unknown
 format header

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:30:59AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> We care about ->hdrver to get data from the header. We only care about
> ->ldrver for the exact procedure to install it in the processor.

Does it matter?

microcode_sanity_check() errors out if any of the two are not 1 and we
end up not applying the microcode if so.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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