linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] microcode loader updates

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Date:	Tue, 3 Mar 2015 13:55:47 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>,
	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] microcode loader updates


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> here's the first pile of microcode loader cleanups for 4.1.
> 
> Please pull,
> thanks.
> 
> ---
> The following changes since commit c517d838eb7d07bbe9507871fab3931deccff539:
> 
>   Linux 4.0-rc1 (2015-02-22 18:21:14 -0800)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp.git tags/intel_microcode_cleanup_p1
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 94a7cbf93996711a32e286488b8523740d6a19f0:
> 
>   x86/microcode/intel: Fix printing of microcode blobs in show_saved_mc() (2015-03-02 10:07:36 +0100)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The first part of the scrubbing of the intel early microcode loader.
> There's more work to come but let's unload this pile first.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Borislav Petkov (13):
>       x86/microcode/intel: Check if microcode was found before applying
>       x86/microcode/intel: Do the mc_saved_src NULL check first
>       x86/microcode/intel: Get rid of last arg to load_ucode_intel_bsp()
>       x86/microcode/intel: Simplify load_ucode_intel_bsp()
>       x86/microcode/intel: Make _save_mc() return the updated saved count
>       x86/microcode/intel: Sanitize _save_mc()
>       x86/microcode/intel: Rename update_match_revision()
>       x86/microcode: Consolidate family,model, ... code
>       x86/microcode/intel: Simplify generic_load_microcode_early()
>       x86/microcode/intel: Move mc arg last in get_matching_{microcode|sig}
>       x86/microcode/intel: Sanitize microcode_pointer()
>       x86/microcode/intel: Check scan_microcode()'s retval
>       x86/microcode/intel: Fix printing of microcode blobs in show_saved_mc()
> 
> Quentin Casasnovas (1):
>       x86/microcode/intel: Fix out of bounds memory access to the extended header
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h            |  73 ++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h      |  13 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core_early.c  |  75 +-----
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c       |   4 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c | 344 +++++++++++++---------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_lib.c   |  22 +-
>  6 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 272 deletions(-)

Pulled the updated version into tip:x86/microcode, thanks Boris!

	Ingo
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