linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] x86/microcode/intel: Establish staging control logic

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Message-ID: <4a5c71f5-bb37-43c6-8aa4-2e4bd9098291@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 09:31:00 -0700
From: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<mingo@...hat.com>, <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, <chao.gao@...el.com>,
	<abusse@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] x86/microcode/intel: Establish staging control
 logic

On 9/5/2025 4:13 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> So let's put new ones where they should be

I see.

> You don't need the strings decoding... yet. This stuff is going to be looked
> at only by us so there's no problem with simply dumping the errval and then
> going to consult the sources where that value comes from.

Makes sense. Then, it could be just like this:

   pr_err("Error: staging failed (code = %d) for CPU%d at package %u.\n",
          err, cpu, pkg_id);

Thanks,
Chang