From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@maciej.szmigiero.name>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 8/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Don't scan past the CPU equivalence table data
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:30:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180618183016.GF24921@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2de6c090-6927-e976-55f4-5ef29bd148f2@maciej.szmigiero.name>
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 08:11:53PM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> The equivalence table size can be computed in the late loader - there is
> no problem there.
>
> However, this computed size needs to be passed somehow to functions
> scanning the equivalence table.
Ok, then let's make a compromise with a proper global descriptor which
gets passed around:
static struct equiv_cpu_table {
struct equiv_cpu_entry *table;
unsigned int size;
} *equiv_table;
But make that conversion in a prepatch pls.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-18 18:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-19 22:07 [PATCH v6 0/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Check microcode file sanity before loading it Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Subtract SECTION_HDR_SIZE from file leftover length Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Add microcode container data checking functions Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-05 8:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Check microcode container data in the early loader Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-05 8:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-06-14 20:56 ` Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-15 11:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Split status from data to skip in verify_and_add_patch() Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Check microcode container data in the late loader Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-05 8:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Integrate verify_patch_size() into verify_patch() Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Add a reminder about PATCH_MAX_SIZE macro Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-05-19 22:07 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] x86/microcode/AMD: Don't scan past the CPU equivalence table data Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-05 8:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-06-12 21:08 ` Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-18 16:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-06-18 18:11 ` Maciej S. Szmigiero
2018-06-18 18:30 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
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