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| -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); |
