Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/probes

Resolved merge conflict in tools/perf/Makefile

Merge reason: we want to queue up a dependent patch.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 366baa179913..f4c538b681ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
+	if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
+		       *(u32 *)firmware->data);
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware);