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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/AMD: Load late on both threads too
    On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 12:36:53PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
    > What's the benefit of doing the loading on both threads? I would have
    > naively thought it was just wasted work.

    I have the perfect example for this, see:

    e7ad18d1169c ("x86/microcode/AMD: Apply the patch early on every logical thread")

    so it is for reasons like that.

    > I think I even have a back-burnered Intel patch around somewhere that
    > ensures that we *never* load on both threads.

    Interesting - I guess there are considerable differences in microcode
    architecture between the two. :-)

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    Boris.

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