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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, X86-kernel <x86@kernel.org>,
	LKML Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	"Schofield, Alison" <alison.schofield@intel.com>,
	"Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@intel.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] x86/microcode: Display revisions only when update is successful
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 22:52:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y7iYLbEJSYnVn+dW@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ1PR11MB6083BD0E0191061B72A47982FCFB9@SJ1PR11MB6083.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>

On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 09:35:41PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> # dmesg | tail -1
> microcode revision: 0x40001a -> 0x4001a
> 
> User doesn't notice that the version didn't change and thinks
> that all is well.

The version did change. One '0' less.

Users don't read even if you put in there:

	"Corrected error, no action required."

User still complains about maybe her hardware going bad and "should I replace my
CPU" yadda yadda...

But whatever, since both of you think this is sooo important, then pls do this:

Success: "Reload completed, microcode revision: 0x%x -> 0x%x\n"

Failure: "Reload failed, current microcode revision: 0x%x\n"

Or something along those lines.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-06 21:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-03 18:02 [PATCH v3 0/6] Some fixes and cleanups for microcode Ashok Raj
2023-01-03 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] x86/microcode: Add a parameter to microcode_check() to store CPU capabilities Ashok Raj
2023-01-04 18:21   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-01-03 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] x86/microcode/core: Take a snapshot before and after applying microcode Ashok Raj
2023-01-03 18:46   ` Dave Hansen
2023-01-03 19:37     ` Ashok Raj
2023-01-04 18:56   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-01-06 20:41     ` Ashok Raj
2023-01-03 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] x86/microcode: Display revisions only when update is successful Ashok Raj
2023-01-04 19:00   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-01-06 19:42     ` Ashok Raj
2023-01-06 19:54       ` Borislav Petkov
2023-01-06 20:29         ` Ashok Raj
2023-01-06 20:45           ` Borislav Petkov
2023-01-06 21:20             ` Ashok Raj
2023-01-07  9:36             ` Ingo Molnar
2023-01-06 21:35         ` Luck, Tony
2023-01-06 21:52           ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2023-01-03 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] x86/microcode/intel: Use a plain revision argument for print_ucode_rev() Ashok Raj
2023-01-03 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/microcode/intel: Print old and new rev during early boot Ashok Raj
2023-01-03 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] x86/microcode/intel: Print when early microcode loading fails Ashok Raj

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