Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 May 2022 08:59:40 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] x86/microcode: Taint and warn on late loading |
| |
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 06:03:04PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 08:53:24PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > + add_taint(TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); > > Seems harsh. Updating microcode to the latest is arguably the > way to make sure that your CPU stays "IN_SPEC" (since the microcode > may have a fix for a functional issue).
Then use early loading. There's too many fails associated with late loading.
| |