Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Update microcode for all cores in parallel

2019-08-24 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:43:47PM +0300, Mihai Carabas wrote: > From: Ashok Raj > > Microcode update was changed to be serialized due to restrictions after > Spectre days. Updating serially on a large multi-socket system can be > painful since we do this one CPU at a time. Cloud customers have e

[PATCH] x86/microcode: Update microcode for all cores in parallel

2019-08-22 Thread Mihai Carabas
From: Ashok Raj Microcode update was changed to be serialized due to restrictions after Spectre days. Updating serially on a large multi-socket system can be painful since we do this one CPU at a time. Cloud customers have expressed discontent as services disappear for a prolonged time. The restr