Re: [PATCH -v1 2/2] x86/microcode: Add microcode loader debugging functionality

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Aug 20 2025 - 11:59:30 EST


On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 06:35:51PM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> nit: s/in a guest// since nothing in the debug code is really dependent on
> whether it's run as a guest or not.

It is - see get_patch_level() and microcode_loader_disabled().

> dito, AFAICS it's perfectly fine to have the debug output if not run in a
> guest, no ?

Maybe.

But let's enable that when the actual need for it materializes.

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