From 7164b3f5e5461b58baa82e82544ca5af71af287b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:12:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Ensure that module is only loaded on supported Intel CPUs Exit early when there's no support for a particular CPU family. Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Andreas Herrmann Cc: Kay Sievers Cc: Dave Jones Cc: tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk Cc: Borislav Petkov Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4F8BDB58.6070007@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c index 3ca42d0e43a2..0327e2b3c408 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c @@ -147,12 +147,6 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig) memset(csig, 0, sizeof(*csig)); - if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL || c->x86 < 6 || - cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IA64)) { - pr_err("CPU%d not a capable Intel processor\n", cpu_num); - return -1; - } - csig->sig = cpuid_eax(0x00000001); if ((c->x86_model >= 5) || (c->x86 > 6)) { @@ -463,6 +457,14 @@ static struct microcode_ops microcode_intel_ops = { struct microcode_ops * __init init_intel_microcode(void) { + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(0); + + if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL || c->x86 < 6 || + cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IA64)) { + pr_err("Intel CPU family 0x%x not supported\n", c->x86); + return NULL; + } + return µcode_intel_ops; } -- 2.20.1