linux-kernel - Re: [Patch V1 6/7] x86/microcode/intel: Print old and new rev during early boot

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Date:   Fri, 02 Dec 2022 20:29:44 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     X86-kernel <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, alison.schofield@...el.com,
        reinette.chatre@...el.com
Subject: Re: [Patch V1 6/7] x86/microcode/intel: Print old and new rev
 during early boot

On Tue, Nov 29 2022 at 13:08, Ashok Raj wrote:
> Make early loading message to match late loading messages. Print
> both old and new revisions.
>
> This is helpful to know what the BIOS loaded revision is before an early
> update.
>
> microcode: early update: 0x2b000041 -> 0x2b000070 date = 2000-01-01
>
> Store the early BIOS revision and change the print format to match
> late loading message from microcode/core.c

Cache the early BIOS revision before the microcode update and change
print_ucode_info() so it prints both the old and the new revision in the
same format as $function().

>   */
>  static void
> -print_ucode_info(unsigned int new_rev, unsigned int date)
> +print_ucode_info(int old_rev, int new_rev, unsigned int date)

Oh. Forgot to mention that before. Can you please get rid of this
pointless line break after 'static void' ?

>  {
> -	pr_info_once("microcode updated early to revision 0x%x, date = %04x-%02x-%02x\n",
> -		     new_rev,
> +	pr_info_once("early update: 0x%x -> 0x%x, date = %04x-%02x-%02x\n",
> +		     old_rev, new_rev,
>  		     date & 0xffff,
>  		     date >> 24,
>  		     (date >> 16) & 0xff);

And while at it also consolidate these arguments into a single or at max.
two lines?

Should happen in the first patch which touches this function.

Other than that, the code is fine.

Thanks,

        tglx