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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:59:50 -0700
From:   "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@intel.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc:     Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@samel.cz>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/intel: Save microcode patch
 unconditionally
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 12:34:28PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> save_mc_for_early() was a no-op on !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU but the
> generic_load_microcode() path saves the microcode patches it has found
> into our cache of patches which is used for late loading too. Regardless
> of whether we do CPU hotplug or not.
> 
> So make the saving unconditional so that late loading can find the
> proper patch.
> 
> Reported-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@samel.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>

Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>

> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # if it has backported d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180418081140.GA2439@pc11.op.pod.cz
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