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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
	Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@protonmail.com>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/microcode: Fix CPU synchronization routine
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:01:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180315010152.GE11061@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180315010014.xsedkarzrgqiunxf@khazad-dum.debian.net>

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 10:00:14PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Intel takes anything from twenty thousand cycles to several *million*
> cycles per core, proportional to microcode update size.

Got any hard data to back that claim up?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-03-15  1:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-14 18:36 [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode: Attempt late loading only when new microcode is present Borislav Petkov
2018-03-14 18:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/microcode: Fix CPU synchronization routine Borislav Petkov
2018-03-15  1:00   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-03-15  1:01     ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2018-03-15  4:01       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-03-15  9:58         ` Borislav Petkov
2018-03-15 14:54           ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-03-16 20:01   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2018-03-16 20:00 ` [tip:x86/pti] x86/microcode: Attempt late loading only when new microcode is present tip-bot for Borislav Petkov

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