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SubjectRe: [patch 0/4] x86: AMD microcode patch loading v2 fixes
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've even suggested to consider doing microcode update somewhere
>> earlier in start_secondary() (say, right before cpu_idle()). So it'd
>> be done as ealry as possible + we don't mess up with cpu-hotplug
>> events.
>
> i have no problems with that approach in principle. Microcode updates
> are special and black magic things anyway.
>

I still think we should just do the update via schedule_work_on() and be
done with it. Maybe in theory it should be done as early as possible but
in practice hotplug handler -> workqueue will be soon enough, I think.

Max


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