x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER
authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:05:13 +0000 (21:05 +1000)
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:59:19 +0000 (11:59 +0200)
commitc8a59a4d8e3c9e609fa915e39c3628c6dd08aeea
tree72e9bd7a4ae54215415c53f9b115db34d61f1ddd
parentb3a9e3b9622ae10064826dccb4f7a52bd88c7407
x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER

The x86 microcode support works just fine without FW_LOADER. In fact,
these days most people load microcode early during boot so FW_LOADER
never gets into the picture anyway.

As almost everyone on x86 needs to enable MICROCODE, this by extension
means that FW_LOADER is always built into the kernel even if nothing
uses it. The FW_LOADER system is about two thousand lines long and
contains user-space facing interfaces that could potentially provide an
entry point into the kernel (or beyond).

Remove the unnecessary select of FW_LOADER by MICROCODE. People who need
the FW_LOADER capability can still enable it.

 [ bp: Massage a bit. ]

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200610042911.GA20058@gondor.apana.org.au
arch/x86/Kconfig
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c