Re: [PATCH] x86,amd,microcode: fix hypercall return code

[Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com>]

On Monday 22 September 2008 14:47:38 Tian, Kevin wrote:
> >From: Christoph Egger
> >Sent: 2008年9月22日 20:23
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Attached patch makes the hypercall return failure
> >if the microcode didn't apply.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com>
>
> It's weird that you don't add a 'break' if apply_microcode failed,
> unless you're sure next invocation to get_next_ucode_from_buffer
> _amd return 0... But even that, this is a bad coding style.

Yes, it is. Note, I ported that code from Linux. I don't know if
code from BSD would have been accepted due to license
incompatibilities.

Christoph

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