Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 08:41:13PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Adding two thousand lines of code to the kernel when you only need
> a few lines is ridiculous.  Worse those two thousand lines increase
> the attack surface to the kernel because they're exposed to user-
> space.

Why isn't *this* in your commit message?

> Adding a hidden Kconfig symbol for the sake of reducing the kernel
> attack surface would seem worthwhile.

And that.

> In fact this isn't even an issue right now because you are still using
> the custom function.

Actually, I'd prefer your version which doesn't depend on FW_LOADER at
all for the above reasons.

Please resubmit with amended commit message, adding the justification
for the change.

Thx.

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