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Linus Torvalds
authored
Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
"A set of small fixes for 4.15:
- Fix vmapped stack synchronization on systems with 4-level paging
and a large amount of memory caused by a missing 5-level folding
which made the pgd synchronization logic to fail and causing double
faults.
- Add a missing sanity check in the vmalloc_fault() logic on 5-level
paging systems.
- Bring back protection against accessing a freed initrd in the
microcode loader which was lost by a wrong merge conflict
resolution.
- Extend the Broadwell micro code loading sanity check.
- Add a missing ENDPROC annotation in ftrace assembly code which
makes ORC unhappy.
- Prevent loading the AMD power module on !AMD platforms. The load
itself is uncritical, but an unload attempt results in a kernel
crash.
- Update Peter Anvins role in the MAINTAINERS file"
* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/ftrace: Add one more ENDPROC annotation
x86: Mark hpa as a "Designated Reviewer" for the time being
x86/mm/64: Tighten up vmalloc_fault() sanity checks on 5-level kernels
x86/mm/64: Fix vmapped stack syncing on very-large-memory 4-level systems
x86/microcode: Fix again accessing initrd after having been freed
x86/microcode/intel: Extend BDW late-loading further with LLC size check
perf/x86/amd/power: Do not load AMD power module on !AMD platforms