linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2] x86/microcode: Consolidate the loader enablement checking

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Message-ID: <Z_zoG9Dn0u4ngMrj@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:48:59 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Kevin Koster <lkml@...ertech.com>,
	Oerg866 <oerg866@...glemail.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] x86/microcode: Consolidate the loader enablement
 checking


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> -static struct microcode_ops	*microcode_ops;
> -bool dis_ucode_ldr = true;
> +static struct microcode_ops *microcode_ops;
> +static bool dis_ucode_ldr = true;

BTW., any objections against:

  s/dis_ucode_ldr
   /ucode_loader_disabled

or so? I had to look twice to see through the obfuscated name. (Okay, 
it was 3 times, and I had to grep the code I confess. :)

As a separate cleanup.

Thanks,

	Ingo