Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/intel: Save microcode patch unconditionally

[Raj, Ashok]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 12:34:28PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> save_mc_for_early() was a no-op on !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU but the
> generic_load_microcode() path saves the microcode patches it has found
> into our cache of patches which is used for late loading too. Regardless
> of whether we do CPU hotplug or not.
> 
> So make the saving unconditional so that late loading can find the
> proper patch.
> 
> Reported-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>

> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # if it has backported d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180418081140.GA2439@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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