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DateMon, 6 Nov 2006 11:01:52 -0800
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: [patch] Regression in 2.6.19-rc microcode driver
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:15:38 +0100
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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 <arjan@linux.intel.com>
>
> --- linux-2.6.18/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c.org 2006-11-06 14:50:37.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.18/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c 2006-11-06 14:52:30.000000000 +0100
> @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void microcode_init_cpu(int cpu)
> set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(cpu));
> mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
> collect_cpu_info(cpu);
> - if (uci->valid)
> + if (uci->valid && system_state==SYSTEM_RUNNING)
> cpu_request_microcode(cpu);
> mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
> set_cpus_allowed(current, old);

Can we fix this by switching to late_initcall() or something like that?
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