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

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Message-ID: <cbb43e6b-17b2-22bd-b331-b23de4384523@maciej.szmigiero.name>
Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:59:54 +0100
From:   "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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 15.03.2018 01:56, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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.
> 

OK, will do then.

Maciej