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| author | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-11-22 14:05:46 -0500 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-11-22 14:05:46 -0500 |
| commit | 515db09338704a6ad7d27b5f1e33820d3052edd2 (patch) | |
| tree | 74f915531710303397d34069b325c2be7a5ac93c /arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | |
| parent | 30be52e44fd4276d768efffb55d424fb682e6505 (diff) | |
| parent | cfcfc9eca2bcbd26a8e206baeb005b055dbf8e37 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-debugfs.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-rx.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-scan.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-tx.c
include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c index f9242800bc84..f2d2a664e797 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c @@ -483,7 +483,13 @@ mc_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu) sysfs_remove_group(&sys_dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group); pr_debug("CPU%d removed\n", cpu); break; - case CPU_DEAD: + + /* + * When a CPU goes offline, don't free up or invalidate the copy of + * the microcode in kernel memory, so that we can reuse it when the + * CPU comes back online without unnecessarily requesting the userspace + * for it again. + */ case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN: /* The CPU refused to come up during a system resume */ microcode_fini_cpu(cpu); |
