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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:30:16 +0200 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 v6 8/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Don't scan past the CPU equivalence table data On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 08:11:53PM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote: > The equivalence table size can be computed in the late loader - there is > no problem there. > > However, this computed size needs to be passed somehow to functions > scanning the equivalence table. Ok, then let's make a compromise with a proper global descriptor which gets passed around: static struct equiv_cpu_table { struct equiv_cpu_entry *table; unsigned int size; } *equiv_table; But make that conversion in a prepatch pls. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
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