linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, intel: Output microcode revision

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 17:39:42 -0700
From:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, intel: Output microcode revision

>@@ -300,6 +295,7 @@ static int apply_microcode(int cpu)
>       struct ucode_cpu_info *uci;
>      unsigned int val[2];
>       int cpu_num;
>+       struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu_num);

This is wrong. cpu_num is not initialized yet at this point. You need to assign c after cpu_num is initialized in the next statement.

>
>       cpu_num = raw_smp_processor_id();
>       uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;

Thanks.

-Fenghua
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