linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/microcode for v6.13

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Message-ID: <20241118150327.GAZztXP3hswdK38kJK@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:03:27 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.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 v6.13

Hi Linus,

please pull a single microcode loader optimization for v6.13.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit 42f7652d3eb527d03665b09edac47f85fb600924:

  Linux 6.12-rc4 (2024-10-20 15:19:38 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip x86_microcode_for_v6.13

for you to fetch changes up to 9a819753b0209c6edebdea447a1aa53e8c697653:

  x86/microcode/intel: Remove unnecessary cache writeback and invalidation (2024-10-25 18:12:03 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Remove the unconditional cache writeback and invalidation after loading the
  microcode patch on Intel as this was addressing a microcode bug for which
  there is a concrete microcode revision check instead

----------------------------------------------------------------
Chang S. Bae (1):
      x86/microcode/intel: Remove unnecessary cache writeback and invalidation

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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