From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:55570 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932512AbeAXJZc (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jan 2018 04:25:32 -0500 Subject: Patch "x86/microcode/intel: Fix BDW late-loading revision check" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree To: ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: , From: Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:25:21 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20180124023119.kaendz4jiuejowxr@xylophone.i.decadent.org.uk> Message-ID: <15167859213060@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/microcode/intel: Fix BDW late-loading revision check to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: x86-microcode-intel-fix-bdw-late-loading-revision-check.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk Wed Jan 24 10:19:07 2018 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:31:19 +0000 Subject: x86/microcode/intel: Fix BDW late-loading revision check To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20180124023119.kaendz4jiuejowxr@xylophone.i.decadent.org.uk> Content-Disposition: inline From: Ben Hutchings The backport of commit b94b73733171 ("x86/microcode/intel: Extend BDW late-loading with a revision check") to 4.4-stable deleted a "return true" statement. This bug is not present upstream or other stable branches. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int c->microcode < 0x0b000021) { pr_err_once("Erratum BDF90: late loading with revision < 0x0b000021 (0x%x) disabled.\n", c->microcode); pr_err_once("Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.\n"); + return true; } return false; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk are queue-4.4/x86-microcode-intel-fix-bdw-late-loading-revision-check.patch