Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not access the initrd after it has been freed

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jan 31 2017 - 11:40:15 EST



* Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 08:43:55AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > (Cc:-ed Mike as this could explain his early boot crash/hang?
> > Mike: please try -tip f18a8a0143b1 that I just pushed out. )
>
> One other thing to try, Mike, is boot with "dis_ucode_ldr". See whether
> that makes it go away.
>
> > Nice - I've updated the branch with your resolution. Could you please
> > double-check the double checked resolution?
>
> That's like quadruple-checked :-)

Yeah, so when I wrote that I was pondering whether that counts as triple or
quadruple checked. I couldn't make up my mind ;-)

Thanks,

Ingo