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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 08/10] x86/head64.c: Early update ucode in 64-bit
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Yu, Fenghua <fenghua.yu@intel.com> wrote:
>
> OSV may need the patchset based on old kernel. So I'll have the patchset ready. Is this the right place to call load_ucode_bsp() in the upstream kernel?
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> index a512f56..e94b90e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> @@ -93,6 +88,11 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
> }
> load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
>
> + /*
> + * Load microcode early on BSP.
> + */
> + load_ucode_bsp(__va(real_mode_data));
> +
> if (console_loglevel == 10)
> early_printk("Kernel alive\n");
>
it has to be after #PF handler set page table patch...

otherwise when ramdisk is above 1G, customer will get early PF exception.


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