Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] x86/microcode: Display revisions only when update is successful

[Ashok Raj]

On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 08:54:30PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 11:42:32AM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > > 9bd681251b7c ("x86/microcode: Announce reload operation's completion")
> > 
> > Thanks.. yes I can add when I resent the series.
> 
> No, you should read the commit message:
> 
> "issue a single line to dmesg after the reload ... to let the user know that a
> reload has at least been attempted."
> 
> and drop your patch.
> 
> We issue that line unconditionally to give feedback to the user that the attempt
> was actually tried. Otherwise, you don't get any feedback and you wonder whether
> it is doing anything.
> 
> The prev and next revision:
> 
> 	"microcode revision: 0x%x -> 0x%x\n",
> 
> will tell you whether something got loaded or not.

Yes, that makes sense, Do you think we can add a note that the loading
failed? since the old -> new, new is coming from new microcode rev.

Reload failed/completed ?