From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933061AbcLAJL0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2016 04:11:26 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:37397 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758173AbcLAJLX (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2016 04:11:23 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 10:11:21 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Andy Lutomirski Cc: x86@kernel.org, One Thousand Gnomes , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Brian Gerst , Matthew Whitehead , Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86/microcode/intel: Replace sync_core() with cpuid_eax(1) Message-ID: <20161201091121.igdbxppevrmjiwbz@pd.tnic> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20161014 (1.7.1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:34:54PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > The Intel microcode driver is using sync_core() to mean "do CPUID > with EAX=1". I want to rework sync_core(), but first the Intel > microcode driver needs to stop depending on its current behavior. > > Reported-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh > Cc: Borislav Petkov > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski > --- > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Acked-by: Borislav Petkov -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.