linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/CPU: Add a microcode loader callback

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Message-ID: <20180217132800.GA10565@pd.tnic>
Date:   Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:28:00 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/CPU: Add a microcode loader callback

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 05:07:53AM -0800, Raj, Ashok wrote:
> Could you only list it there instead? common.c has no other
> microcode related functions other than this.?

I already explained that to you: this function is called by the loader
but it uses facilities which are closer to cpu/common.c - get_cpu_cap(),
etc.

Also, this file will be split eventually after the CPUID cleanup.

So it could just as well be called recheck_cpu_caps(), without the
"microcode" prefix.

So no need to do anything now.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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