linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86 fixes

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Date:   Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:03:02 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest x86-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-urgent-for-linus

   # HEAD: 5b0bc9ac2ce4881ee318a21f31140584ce4dbdad x86/microcode/intel: Clear patch pointer before jettisoning the initrd

Misc fixes: a Geode fix plus a microcode loader fix.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Christian Sünkenberg (1):
      x86/cpu/cyrix: Add alternative Device ID of Geode GX1 SoC

Dominik Brodowski (1):
      x86/microcode/intel: Clear patch pointer before jettisoning the initrd


 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c           | 1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index a70fd61095f8..6f077445647a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ static void init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		break;
 
 	case 4: /* MediaGX/GXm or Geode GXM/GXLV/GX1 */
+	case 11: /* GX1 with inverted Device ID */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 	{
 		u32 vendor, device;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index afdfd237b59f..f522415bf9e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void)
 
 	show_saved_mc();
 
+	/* initrd is going away, clear patch ptr. */
+	intel_ucode_patch = NULL;
+
 	return 0;
 }