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x86/microcode: Attempt late loading only when new microcode is present

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Return UCODE_NEW from the scanning functions to denote that new microcode
was found and only then attempt the expensive synchronization dance.

Reported-by: Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@protonmail.com>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180314183615.17629-1-bp@alien8.de
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Borislav Petkov
2018-03-14 19:36:14 +01:00
committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent e3b3121fa8
commit 2613f36ed9
4 changed files with 29 additions and 20 deletions
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@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct device;
enum ucode_state {
UCODE_OK = 0,
UCODE_NEW,
UCODE_UPDATED,
UCODE_NFOUND,
UCODE_ERROR,