Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751910AbeAENhY (ORCPT + 1 other); Fri, 5 Jan 2018 08:37:24 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:59276 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751333AbeAENhX (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jan 2018 08:37:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:37:17 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Greg KH Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , Tim Chen , Thomas Gleixner , Andy Lutomirski , Linus Torvalds , Dave Hansen , Andi Kleen , Arjan Van De Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] x86/microcode: Recheck IBRS features on microcode reload Message-ID: <20180105133717.c7zchrxhcjrk6vcn@pd.tnic> References: <20180104182858.2nevvgeq5wdojz2w@pd.tnic> <20180104183430.GJ13348@redhat.com> <20180104185033.tsbijx32as6wqvye@pd.tnic> <20180105133217.GB12036@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180105133217.GB12036@kroah.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 02:32:17PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > Does it really matter? Rescanning everything can't hurt here, and it > shouldn't be noticable in any boot time chart. I feel like arguing > about tiny stuff like this takes away from the obvious other problems > this whole patch series had :( It does because others will come and copy this and then we're stuck with cleaning up the mess. The whole CPUID parsing needs a much desired cleanup but there's other more pressing shit going on... -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.