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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-02 14:08:58 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-02 14:08:58 -0800
commit34e00accf612bc5448ae709245c2b408edf39f46 (patch)
tree12ec37e6c6484562d4c5a0e8657736cf4e4e33e4 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
parent891aa1e0f13c3aaa756c69b343d6ab6f3357009b (diff)
parent0becc0ae5b42828785b589f686725ff5bc3b9b25 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Misc fixes: - two microcode loader fixes - two FPU xstate handling fixes - an MCE timer handling related crash fix" * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/mce: Make timer handling more robust x86/microcode: Do not access the initrd after it has been freed x86/fpu/xstate: Fix xcomp_bv in XSAVES header x86/fpu: Set the xcomp_bv when we fake up a XSAVES area x86/microcode/intel: Drop stashed AP patch pointer optimization
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c9
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 3f329b74e040..8325d8a09ab0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
static const char ucode_path[] = "kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin";
-/* Current microcode patch used in early patching */
+/* Current microcode patch used in early patching on the APs. */
struct microcode_intel *intel_ucode_patch;
static inline bool cpu_signatures_match(unsigned int s1, unsigned int p1,
@@ -607,12 +607,6 @@ int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void)
struct ucode_cpu_info uci;
struct cpio_data cp;
- /*
- * AP loading didn't find any microcode patch, no need to save anything.
- */
- if (!intel_ucode_patch || IS_ERR(intel_ucode_patch))
- return 0;
-
if (!load_builtin_intel_microcode(&cp))
cp = find_microcode_in_initrd(ucode_path, false);
@@ -628,7 +622,6 @@ int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void)
return 0;
}
-
/*
* @res_patch, output: a pointer to the patch we found.
*/