Re: [PATCH v7 013/120] x86/cpu: Use parsed CPUID(0x80000000)
Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2026 18:22:05 -0700
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.x86-cpuid,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <20260602012205.GEah4wPes4qegK9T9K@fat_crate.local> |
On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 07:34:03PM +0200, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
> I think at this point in the series 'c' is not initialized if you follow:
>
> microcode_check()
> -> store_cpu_caps()
> -> get_cpu_cap()
How do you mean?
the el0 in get_cpu_cap() uses the already parsed during early boot leaf while
microcode_check() is the late microcode loading path which happens when the
admin sets it in motion.
Or what am I missing?
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