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Subject[tip:x86/microcode] x86/mm/init.c: Copy ucode from initrd image to kernel memory
Commit-ID:  cd745be89e1580e8a1b47454a39f97f9c5c4b1e0
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/cd745be89e1580e8a1b47454a39f97f9c5c4b1e0
Author: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:44:31 -0800
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:20:26 -0800

x86/mm/init.c: Copy ucode from initrd image to kernel memory

Before initrd image is freed, copy valid ucode patches from initrd image
to kernel memory. The saved ucode will be used to update AP in resume
or hotplug.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-12-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index d418152..4903a03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <asm/tlb.h>
#include <asm/proto.h>
#include <asm/dma.h> /* for MAX_DMA_PFN */
+#include <asm/microcode.h>

#include "mm_internal.h"

@@ -534,6 +535,15 @@ void free_initmem(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
void __init free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY
+ /*
+ * Remember, initrd memory may contain microcode or other useful things.
+ * Before we lose initrd mem, we need to find a place to hold them
+ * now that normal virtual memory is enabled.
+ */
+ save_microcode_in_initrd();
+#endif
+
/*
* end could be not aligned, and We can not align that,
* decompresser could be confused by aligned initrd_end

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