x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem

mainline inclusion
from mainline-v6.1-rc1
commit 3ecf671f
category: feature
feature: Backport Intel In Field Scan(IFS) multi-blob images support
bugzilla: https://gitee.com/openeuler/intel-kernel/issues/I6L337
CVE: N/A
Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/


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Intel-SIG: commit 3ecf671f ("x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem")

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x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem

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  d23d33ea ("x86/microcode: Taint and warn on late loading")

started tainting the kernel after microcode late loading.

There is some history behind why x86 microcode started doing the late
loading stop_machine() rendezvous. Document the whole situation.

No functional changes.

  [ bp: Fix typos, heavily massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220813223825.3164861-2-ashok.raj@intel.com


Signed-off-by: Aichun Shi <aichun.shi@intel.com>