From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753505AbeEAISj (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2018 04:18:39 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:45806 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751081AbeEAISh (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2018 04:18:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 10:18:19 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] x86/microcode/AMD: Add microcode container data checking functions Message-ID: <20180501081819.GB31863@pd.tnic> References: <20180430090447.GA6509@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.3 (2018-01-21) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 12:27:17AM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote: > These checking functions are supposed to be called in order: We don't do magical rules like that - you either verify fully and correctly or you don't bother at all. And since you're adamant that this verification needs to happen, then please do it completely. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.