Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67;
Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:30:16 +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>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 8/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Don't scan past the CPU
 equivalence table data
Message-ID: <20180618183016.GF24921@zn.tnic>
References: <cover.1526767245.git.mail@maciej.szmigiero.name>
 <04a252b1e06673b8a1f62196093d0573d302fc1b.1526767245.git.mail@maciej.szmigiero.name>
 <20180605085506.GB27701@nazgul.tnic>
 <957d6884-f24b-0d40-7584-d4386d05af21@maciej.szmigiero.name>
 <20180618164434.GC24921@zn.tnic>
 <2de6c090-6927-e976-55f4-5ef29bd148f2@maciej.szmigiero.name>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <2de6c090-6927-e976-55f4-5ef29bd148f2@maciej.szmigiero.name>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.5 (2018-04-13)
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
Precedence: bulk

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 08:11:53PM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> The equivalence table size can be computed in the late loader - there is
> no problem there.
> 
> However, this computed size needs to be passed somehow to functions
> scanning the equivalence table.

Ok, then let's make a compromise with a proper global descriptor which
gets passed around:

static struct equiv_cpu_table {
        struct equiv_cpu_entry *table;
        unsigned int size;
} *equiv_table;

But make that conversion in a prepatch pls.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.