On 13.09.2019 09:01, Chao Gao wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 05:32:22PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 12.09.2019 09:22, Chao Gao wrote:
>>> +static int secondary_thread_fn(void)
>>> +{
>>> +unsigned int primary = cpumask_first(this_cpu(cpu_sibling_mask));
>>> +
>>> +if ( !wait_for_state
On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 05:32:22PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>On 12.09.2019 09:22, Chao Gao wrote:
>> @@ -264,38 +336,158 @@ static int microcode_update_cpu(const struct
>> microcode_patch *patch)
>> return err;
>> }
>>
>> -static long do_microcode_update(void *patch)
>> +static bool wait_
On 12.09.2019 09:22, Chao Gao wrote:
> @@ -264,38 +336,158 @@ static int microcode_update_cpu(const struct
> microcode_patch *patch)
> return err;
> }
>
> -static long do_microcode_update(void *patch)
> +static bool wait_for_state(unsigned int state)
> +{
> +while ( loading_state != st
This patch ports microcode improvement patches from linux kernel.
Before you read any further: the early loading method is still the
preferred one and you should always do that. The following patch is
improving the late loading mechanism for long running jobs and cloud use
cases.
Gather all cores
