Re: [patch 0/4] x86: AMD microcode patch loading v2 fixes

[Ingo Molnar]

* Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Will you take a shot at moving the driver to early init (and early 
> > SMP init) code, as suggested by Dmitry?
> 
> I have another fix for 'microcode' (one place may race vs. 
> sched_setaffinity()) and a few ideas/improvements to try. I would also 
> do this 'move-cpu-hotplug-activities-to-early-init' thing (but 
> perhaps, not earlier than on Saturday-Sunday) if Peter doesn't come up 
> with a patch by this time.
> 
> btw., is tip/x86/microcode a .27 material? I mean, if I do some work, 
> should I do it on top of the current linus-git or -tip (or both)?

it's not really .27 material, it was recently started. So for fixes i'd 
suggest as-small-as-possible patches against -git. We'll sort out the 
x86/microcode impact of that.

	Ingo
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