linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE: Get microcode revision from cpu_info instead of boot_cpu

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Message-ID: <20180601121939.GA23298@nazgul.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 14:19:39 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Filippo Sironi <sironi@...zon.de>
Cc:     tony.luck@...el.com, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE: Get microcode revision from cpu_info instead of
 boot_cpu_data

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 01:30:26PM +0200, Filippo Sironi wrote:
> Commit fa94d0c6e0f3 ("x86/MCE: Save microcode revision in machine check
> records") extended MCE entries to report the microcode revision taken
> from boot_cpu_data. Unfortunately, boot_cpu_data isn't updated on late
> microcode loading,

Actually, I'd prefer if we fixed *that* instead by adding:

	/* Update boot_cpu_data's revision too, if we're on the BSP: */
	if (c->cpu_index == boot_cpu_data.cpu_index)
		boot_cpu_data.microcode = <new rev>;

to the end of ->apply_microcode() functions so that boot_cpu_data has
the correct revision too, in case something else queries it.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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