linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] x86/microcode/AMD: install_equiv_cpu

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Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:56:34 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] x86/microcode/AMD: install_equiv_cpu_table()
 should not return (signed) int

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 01:13:07AM +0100, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> This can be done if this function is modified to return only the CPU
> equivalence table length (without the container header length), leaving
> its single caller the job of adding the container header length to skip
> to the fist patch section.

Sure, it leaves the function to deal with the equiv table length only
and the caller then adds the header length. Which is actually cleaner.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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