From d654c673d6394bc26e159b1057b357371b4ce1dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arjan van de Ven Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:44:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Regression in 2.6.19-rc microcode driver If the microcode driver is built in (rather than module) there are some, ehm, interesting effects happening due to the new "call out to userspace" behavior that is introduced.. and which runs too early. The result is a boot hang; which is really nasty. The patch below is a minimally safe patch to fix this regression for 2.6.19 by just not requesting actual microcode updates during early boot. (That is a good idea in general anyway) The "real" fix is a lot more complex given the entire cpu hotplug scenario (during cpu hotplug you normally need to load the microcode as well); but the interactions for that are just really messy at this point; this fix at least makes it work and avoids a full detangle of hotplug. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c') diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c index c4d0291b519f..23f5984d0654 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void microcode_init_cpu(int cpu) set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(cpu)); mutex_lock(µcode_mutex); collect_cpu_info(cpu); - if (uci->valid) + if (uci->valid && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) cpu_request_microcode(cpu); mutex_unlock(µcode_mutex); set_cpus_allowed(current, old); -- cgit v1.2.3 From 02316067852187b8bec781bec07410e91af79627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:38:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] hotplug CPU: clean up hotcpu_notifier() use There was lots of #ifdef noise in the kernel due to hotcpu_notifier(fn, prio) not correctly marking 'fn' as used in the !HOTPLUG_CPU case, and thus generating compiler warnings of unused symbols, hence forcing people to add #ifdefs. the compiler can skip truly unused functions just fine: text data bss dec hex filename 1624412 728710 3674856 6027978 5bfaca vmlinux.before 1624412 728710 3674856 6027978 5bfaca vmlinux.after [akpm@osdl.org: topology.c fix] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c') diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c index 23f5984d0654..972346604f9d 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c @@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ static struct sysdev_driver mc_sysdev_driver = { .resume = mc_sysdev_resume, }; -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU static __cpuinit int mc_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu) { @@ -726,7 +725,6 @@ mc_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu) static struct notifier_block mc_cpu_notifier = { .notifier_call = mc_cpu_callback, }; -#endif static int __init microcode_init (void) { -- cgit v1.2.3