Merge tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 microcode loading updates from Borislav Petkov:
- Add microcode staging support on Intel: it moves the sole microcode
blobs loading to a non-critical path so that microcode loading
latencies are kept at minimum. The actual "directing" the hardware to
load microcode is the only step which is done on the critical path.
This scheme is also opportunistic as in: on a failure, the machinery
falls back to normal loading
- Add the capability to the AMD side of the loader to select one of two
per-family/model/stepping patches: one is pre-Entrysign and the other
is post-Entrysign; with the goal to take care of machines which
haven't updated their BIOS yet - something they should absolutely do
as this is the only proper Entrysign fix
- Other small cleanups and fixlets
* tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/microcode: Mark early_parse_cmdline() as __init
x86/microcode/AMD: Select which microcode patch to load
x86/microcode/intel: Enable staging when available
x86/microcode/intel: Support mailbox transfer
x86/microcode/intel: Implement staging handler
x86/microcode/intel: Define staging state struct
x86/microcode/intel: Establish staging control logic
x86/microcode: Introduce staging step to reduce late-loading time
x86/cpu/topology: Make primary thread mask available with SMP=n
