Re: [PATCH RESEND] CPU hotplug,x86 Microcode: Don't requestmicrocode from userspace unnecessarily

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 04:58:02PM -0400, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday, October 09, 2011, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> > Requesting the microcode from userspace *every time* when onlining CPUs
> > (during a CPU hotplug operation) is unnecessary.
> > 
> > So, this patch ensures that once the kernel gets the microcode after booting,
> > it is not freed nor invalidated when a CPU goes offline, so that it can be
> > reused when that CPU comes back online, without requesting userspace for it
> > again. As a result, the CPU hotplug operations become faster as well.
> > 
> > Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fine by me.  I wonder who should take this?

Ingo, most probably. ucode stuff goes in through -tip.

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