linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v3 Part2 1/9] x86/microcode: Taint kernel only if microcode loading was successful

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Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2023 14:19:43 -0800
From:   Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Stefan Talpalaru <stefantalpalaru@...oo.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        "Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zilstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Martin Pohlack <mpohlack@...zon.de>,
        "Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...el.com>, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch v3 Part2 1/9] x86/microcode: Taint kernel only if
 microcode loading was successful

On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 11:06:05PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 01:47:58PM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > While reworking I thought while at this, there is a chance to fix other
> > things.
> 
> Your call. The more you're "fixing" other things, the longer it takes
> for your minrev thing.

My original patch for minrev was 4 patches :-)

But when Thomas finds all the other cleanups, it turned into 9. And now
stuck in review.. 

I expected the change from apply_microcode() -> collect_cpu_info() to
be straight forward..