linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] x86/microcode: Intel early loader cleanups

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Message-ID: <20150224164036.GK4565@chrystal.uk.oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:40:36 +0100
From:	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] x86/microcode: Intel early loader cleanups

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:36:59AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> so this is something which got started in the aftermath of a discussion
> about some robustifying fixes to the microcode loader by Quentin.
> Everyone agrees that current code needs a good rubbing so here's part
> one of that. More to come later, let's not overwhelm people with huge
> patchsets.
> 
> All patches are cleanups and simplifications in an attempt to make the
> code more readable and simpler and enable follow-up improvements.
> 

I've sent my initial review answers but adding Fenghua to the CC list since
he's the original author and I can't test your code.

FWIW I think it's a nice start!

Quentin
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