linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/13] x86/microcode/intel: Get rid of last arg to load_ucode_intel

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20150224183023.GJ3420@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:30:23 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>
Cc:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/13] x86/microcode/intel: Get rid of last arg to
 load_ucode_intel_bsp()

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:21:04PM +0100, Quentin Casasnovas wrote:
> Going further, could you not even make uci a static global variable and
> have collect_cpu_info_early() called only _once_ to fill the information
> in, then you can remove the uci argument from all the other functions as
> well?  Just a suggestion anyway.

Yeah, I could but this is not on a fast path and we want to,
theoretically at least, support mixed revision microcode loading
where the BSP and APs have different revisions. Thus the separate
collect_cpu_info_early() calls.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
--
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/