linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not access the initrd after it has been freed

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:01:22 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not access the initrd after it has
 been freed

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 08:43:55AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> (Cc:-ed Mike as this could explain his early boot crash/hang?
>         Mike: please try -tip f18a8a0143b1 that I just pushed out. )

One other thing to try, Mike, is boot with "dis_ucode_ldr". See whether
that makes it go away.

> Nice - I've updated the branch with your resolution. Could you please 
> double-check the double checked resolution?

That's like quadruple-checked :-)

> So the diff between your resolution and mine is attached below - now fpu/core.c 
> changes, so I'm not sure why fpu/core.c is in your diff?

Hmm, maybe I did the diff wrong?

So this is how I generated it:

$ git diff tip/x86/microcode~1..tip/x86/microcode

meaning that I want to see what the merge commit changed. That's why
this pulled in the fpu/core.c hunk which is new in urgent.

In any case, the merge looks ok to me, I'll be testing it anyway in the
coming days so I'll let you know if anything goes nuts.

Thanks!

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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