linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/microcode for 6.1

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Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2022 16:20:28 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/microcode for 6.1

Hi Linus,

please pull a small bunch of x86 microcode loader improvements for 6.1.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit 568035b01cfb107af8d2e4bd2fb9aea22cf5b868:

  Linux 6.0-rc1 (2022-08-14 15:50:18 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tags/x86_microcode_for_v6.1_rc1

for you to fetch changes up to 712f210a457d9c32414df246a72781550bc23ef6:

  x86/microcode/AMD: Track patch allocation size explicitly (2022-09-23 13:46:26 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Get rid of a single ksize() usage

- By popular demand, print the previous microcode revision an update
  was done over

- Remove more code related to the now gone MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE

- Document the problems stemming from microcode late loading

----------------------------------------------------------------
Ashok Raj (2):
      x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem
      x86/microcode: Print previous version of microcode after reload

Borislav Petkov (1):
      x86/microcode: Remove ->request_microcode_user()

Kees Cook (1):
      x86/microcode/AMD: Track patch allocation size explicitly

 Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst |   6 ++
 Documentation/x86/microcode.rst               | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h              |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c           |  10 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c          |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c         |  17 ----
 6 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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