Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 00/16] improve late microcode loading

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 06:22:35PM +0800, Chao Gao wrote:
> Changes in version 8:
>  - block #NMI handling during microcode loading (Patch 16)
>  - Don't assume that all CPUs in the system have loaded a same ucode.
>  So when parsing a blob, we attempt to save a patch as long as it matches
>  with current cpu signature regardless of the revision of the patch.
>  And also for loading, we only require the patch to be loaded isn't old
>  than the cached one.
>  - store an update after the first successful loading on a CPU
>  - remove the patch that calls wbinvd() unconditionally before microcode
>  loading. It is under internal discussion.
>  - divide two big patches into several patches to improve readability.

Thanks for following up on this!

I will try to review it between Monday and Tuesday.

Roger.

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