x86/microcode/intel: Save pointer to ucode patch for early AP loading
Normally, when the initrd is gone, we can't search it for microcode blobs to apply anymore. For that we need to stash away the patch in our own storage. And save_microcode_in_initrd_intel() looks like the proper place to do that from. So in order for early loading to work, invalidate the intel_ucode_patch pointer to the patch *before* scanning the initrd one last time. If the scanning code finds a microcode patch, it will assign that pointer again, this time with our own storage's address. This way, early microcode application during resume-from-RAM works too, even after the initrd is long gone. Tested-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170614140626.4462-2-bp@alien8.deSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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