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Message-ID: <Y2XcRbaN9mDkWF9V@araj-dh-work>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 03:45:09 +0000
From: Ashok Raj <ashok_raj@...ux.intel.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Andrew Cooper <amc96@...f.net>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Ștefan Talpalaru <stefantalpalaru@...oo.com>,
Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode/AMD: Attempt applying on every logical
thread
Hi Boris
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 09:58:52AM +0000, Ashok Raj wrote:
> Hi Boris
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 11:56:02PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 08:58:07PM +0000, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > > For this specific patch in question, its not for testing though.. Its
> > > required for functional purposes?
> >
> > From its commit message:
> >
> > "However, there are microcode patches which do per-thread modification,
> > see Link tag below.
> >
>
> I did read the commit log. I was just stating the fact that reload isn't
> just for testing, for e.g. in this case its required for functional
> reasons.
>
> if cpu_rev > ucode_rev, there is no need to reload microcode correct?
> There are a bunch of changes in the original post that seemed like it had
> nothing to do with force load on a sibling.
>
> Completely untested, no commit log to spare you from fixing them :-)
>
> Seemed like we were simply passing over each other with emails, thought
> I'll convey what I meant here via a patch. Hope this helps.
>
> lemme know what you think.
I saw your original patch got tipbot notification, but I don't see the
patch in the staging area.
I didn't see a followup to this, and wasn't sure if you fixed it some other
way.
I was cleaning up my mbox and want to be sure I didn't drop the ball.
Cheers,
Ashok
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