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Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] x86/ucode: Add Kconfig option to remove microcode loading


  • To: Alejandro Vallejo <alejandro.garciavallejo@xxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:09:37 +0000
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On 20/01/2026 9:38 am, Alejandro Vallejo wrote:
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/platform_hypercall.c 
> b/xen/arch/x86/platform_hypercall.c
> index f8eca48170..2ac9fc2d96 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/platform_hypercall.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/platform_hypercall.c
> @@ -317,8 +317,11 @@ ret_t do_platform_op(
>      {
>          XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(const_void) data;
>  
> -        guest_from_compat_handle(data, op->u.microcode.data);
> +        ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +        if ( !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_LOADING) )
> +            break;
>  
> +        guest_from_compat_handle(data, op->u.microcode.data);
>          ret = ucode_update_hcall(data, op->u.microcode.length, 0);
>          break;
>      }
> @@ -327,8 +330,11 @@ ret_t do_platform_op(
>      {
>          XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(const_void) data;
>  
> -        guest_from_compat_handle(data, op->u.microcode2.data);
> +        ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +        if ( !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_LOADING) )
> +            break;
>  
> +        guest_from_compat_handle(data, op->u.microcode2.data);
>          ret = ucode_update_hcall(data, op->u.microcode2.length,
>                                   op->u.microcode2.flags);
>          break;

Very minor.  This diff looks like this because you've dropped the blank
line between guest_from_compat_handle() and ucode_update_hcall().  That
can also be fixed up on commit.

~Andrew



 


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