Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] x86/microcode: Display revisions only when update is successful

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Jan 06 2023 - 14:55:12 EST


On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 11:42:32AM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > 9bd681251b7c ("x86/microcode: Announce reload operation's completion")
>
> Thanks.. yes I can add when I resent the series.

No, you should read the commit message:

"issue a single line to dmesg after the reload ... to let the user know that a
reload has at least been attempted."

and drop your patch.

We issue that line unconditionally to give feedback to the user that the attempt
was actually tried. Otherwise, you don't get any feedback and you wonder whether
it is doing anything.

The prev and next revision:

"microcode revision: 0x%x -> 0x%x\n",

will tell you whether something got loaded or not.

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