Re: [PATCH v7 26/36] x86/CPU/AMD: Make the microcode level available earlier in the boot

From	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v7 26/36] x86/CPU/AMD: Make the microcode level available earlier in the boot
Date	2017-06-22 11:50 +0200
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 01:54:47PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Move the setting of the cpuinfo_x86.microcode field from amd_init() to
> early_amd_init() so that it is available earlier in the boot process. This
> avoids having to read MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL directly during early boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

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    Boris.

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