[PATCH 4.15 114/168] x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode

2018-04-10 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
4.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Ashok Raj commit 91df9fdf51492aec9fed6b4cbd33160886740f47 upstream. Updating microcode is less error prone when caches have been flushed and depending on what exactly the

[PATCH 4.15 114/168] x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode

2018-04-10 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
4.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Ashok Raj commit 91df9fdf51492aec9fed6b4cbd33160886740f47 upstream. Updating microcode is less error prone when caches have been flushed and depending on what exactly the microcode is