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From: "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@intel.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@samel.cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Subject: Re: 4.15.17 regression: bisected: timeout during microcode update
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:53:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180418135330.GA23580@araj-mobl1.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180418122212.GA4290@pd.tnic>

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 02:22:12PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 02:08:40PM +0200, Vitezslav Samel wrote:
> > I switched to firmware-in-kernel early loading and that works OK.

firmware-in-kernel means you compile your microcode image in linux?

Can you tell me which distro you are using? The ones we used 
doesn't do late-loading (i.e echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload)

I suspect that might be the problem. 

- Can you remove your builtin microcode, 
- rename the /lib/firmware/intel-ucode so we don't find it during late
loading. 
- let the system boot completely
- then rename the intel-ucode back for this test.
- write 1 to reload and see if that update succeeds or fails?


> 
> Ok, and keep using that from now on.
> 
> People should all move away from that late loading dance. I'm saying
> that in case someone else reads this on lkml.
> 
> > But still, the reported issue is regression in 4.15.17 and 4.16+.
> 
> Oh, I know it is a regression.
> 
> @Ashok: anything particular about his microcode revision not being able
> to stomach late loading?

nothing about the microcode itself comes to mind. I'm wondering if this 
similar to the Arch linux that used late-load during booting might be an issue.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-18 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-18  8:11 4.15.17 regression: bisected: timeout during microcode update Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-18 10:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-18 12:08   ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-18 12:22     ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-18 13:53       ` Raj, Ashok [this message]
2018-04-18 16:14         ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-19  5:35         ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-19  7:22           ` Raj, Ashok
2018-04-19 10:48           ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-19 12:02             ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-19 12:18               ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-19 12:32                 ` Raj, Ashok
2018-04-19 13:48                   ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-19 13:46                 ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-19 16:37                   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-20  6:20                     ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-20  9:52                       ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-20 10:01                         ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-20 10:32                           ` Borislav Petkov
2018-04-20 10:34                             ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/intel: Save microcode patch unconditionally Borislav Petkov
2018-04-20 10:54                               ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-20 15:59                               ` Raj, Ashok
2018-04-20 10:37                             ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/microcode: Do not exit early from __reload_late() Borislav Petkov
2018-04-20 10:54                               ` Vitezslav Samel
2018-04-20 16:00                               ` Raj, Ashok
2018-04-21  8:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/intel: Save microcode patch unconditionally Borislav Petkov
2018-04-21  8:19   ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/microcode: Do not exit early from __reload_late() Borislav Petkov
2018-04-24  7:52     ` [tip:x86/urgent] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2018-04-24  7:51   ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/microcode/intel: Save microcode patch unconditionally tip-bot for Borislav Petkov

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