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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:44:34 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@maciej.szmigiero.name>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 8/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Don't scan past the CPU
 equivalence table data
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:08:31PM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> That was the solution before this patch series version (6) - there was
> a variable holding the CPU equivalence table size for the late loader,
> but you didn't like it:> Instead of adding yet another global var which needs handling too,
> > and touching so many places, just do all checks and preparations in
> > install_equiv_cpu_table() so that the rest of the code can get what it
> > expects: terminating zero entry and proper size.

So what's wrong with computing the size in the late loader just like you
do in parse_container()?

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    Boris.

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