From: Shaohua Li IA32 manual says if micorcode update's size is 0, then the size is default size (2048 bytes). But this doesn't suggest all microcode update's size should be above 2048 bytes to me. We actually had a microcode update whose size is 1024 bytes. The patch just removed the check. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li Cc: Tigran Aivazian Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c | 14 +++----------- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c~x86-microcode-dont-check-the-size arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c~x86-microcode-dont-check-the-size +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c @@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ static int microcode_sanity_check(void * total_size = get_totalsize(mc_header); data_size = get_datasize(mc_header); - if ((data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE > total_size) - || (data_size < DEFAULT_UCODE_DATASIZE)) { + if (data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE > total_size) { printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: error! " "Bad data size in microcode data file\n"); return -EINVAL; @@ -365,8 +364,7 @@ static long get_next_ucode(void **mc, lo return -EFAULT; } total_size = get_totalsize(&mc_header); - if ((offset + total_size > user_buffer_size) - || (total_size < DEFAULT_UCODE_TOTALSIZE)) { + if (offset + total_size > user_buffer_size) { printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: error! Bad total size in microcode " "data file\n"); return -EINVAL; @@ -432,11 +430,6 @@ static ssize_t microcode_write (struct f { ssize_t ret; - if (len < DEFAULT_UCODE_TOTALSIZE) { - printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: not enough data\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } - if ((len >> PAGE_SHIFT) > num_physpages) { printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: too much data (max %ld pages)\n", num_physpages); return -EINVAL; @@ -508,8 +501,7 @@ static long get_next_ucode_from_buffer(v mc_header = (microcode_header_t *)(buf + offset); total_size = get_totalsize(mc_header); - if ((offset + total_size > size) - || (total_size < DEFAULT_UCODE_TOTALSIZE)) { + if (offset + total_size > size) { printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: error! Bad data in microcode data file\n"); return -EINVAL; } _