linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start

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Message-ID: <87wpk9j299.fsf@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:06:26 +0200
From:	Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
To:	Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start

Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com> writes:

> Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> writes:
>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
>> index 6515c802346a..b98e016ba5fc 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
>> @@ -793,10 +793,10 @@ void __init load_ucode_intel_bsp(void)
>>  void load_ucode_intel_ap(void)
>>  {
>>  	struct ucode_blobs *blobs_p;
>> +	unsigned long *ptrs, start;
>>  	struct mc_saved_data *mcs;
>>  	struct ucode_cpu_info uci;
>>  	enum ucode_state ret;
>> -	unsigned long *ptrs;
>>  
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
>>  	mcs	= (struct mc_saved_data *)__pa_nodebug(&mc_saved_data);
>
> Am I overlooking something or is this an unrelated cleanup?

I did, nvm.