Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 01:30:46PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:26:54PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be > > > necessary.

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:26:54PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be > > necessary. > > Will it be necessary to apply this before this patch goes in the series, > or

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:26:54PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be > necessary. Will it be necessary to apply this before this patch goes in the series, or after it? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:26:54PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be necessary. Will it be necessary to apply this before this patch goes in the series, or after it? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:26:54PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be necessary. Will it be necessary to apply this before this patch goes in the series, or after it?

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 01:30:46PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:26:54PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be necessary. Will

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be necessary. From: Kevin Winchester Subject: [PATCH] x86: Simplify code by removing a !SMP #ifdefs from 'struct cpuinfo_x86' commit 141168c36cdee3ff23d9c7700b0edc47cb65479f and commit 3f806e50981825fa56a7f1938f24c0680816be45

Re: [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
I believe the patch bellow, which was required on 3.2, will also be necessary. From: Kevin Winchester kjwinches...@gmail.com Subject: [PATCH] x86: Simplify code by removing a !SMP #ifdefs from 'struct cpuinfo_x86' commit 141168c36cdee3ff23d9c7700b0edc47cb65479f and commit

[ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-13 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
From: Greg KH 3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Borislav Petkov commit c9fc3f778a6a215ace14ee556067c73982b6d40f upstream. Microcode reloading in a per-core manner is a very bad idea for both major x86 vendors. And the thing

[ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

2012-08-13 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
From: Greg KH gre...@linuxfoundation.org 3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Borislav Petkov borislav.pet...@amd.com commit c9fc3f778a6a215ace14ee556067c73982b6d40f upstream. Microcode reloading in a per-core manner is a very