linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: Some fixes

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Date:   Fri,  5 Apr 2019 15:30:07 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: Some fixes

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Hi all,

here is a nice cleanup from Jann along with a long overdue deprecation
of /dev/cpu/microcode. So overdue that it was broken for more than a
year and it went unnoticed. A very good sign that it can safely go to
the eternal fields of dead electrons.

Thx.

Borislav Petkov (2):
  x86/microcode: Fix the ancient deprecated microcode loading method
  x86/microcode: Deprecate MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE

Jann Horn (1):
  x86/microcode/intel: Refactor Intel microcode blob loading

 arch/x86/Kconfig                      | 10 +++-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c  |  3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 71 ++++++++++++++-------------
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

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