Re: [PATCH RFC 2/7] x86/microcode: Introduce staging option to reduce late-loading latency

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Nov 04 2024 - 05:45:33 EST


On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 09:10:37AM -0700, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
> index 21776c529fa9..cb58e83e4934 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
> @@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ struct microcode_ops {
> * See also the "Synchronization" section in microcode_core.c.
> */
> enum ucode_state (*apply_microcode)(int cpu);
> + void (*staging_microcode)(void);

"stage_microcode"

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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