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* [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode
@ 2012-08-18  8:15 Fenghua Yu
  2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 01/11] Documentation/x86: " Fenghua Yu
                   ` (11 more replies)
  0 siblings, 12 replies; 42+ messages in thread
From: Fenghua Yu @ 2012-08-18  8:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, Asit K Mallick,
	Tigran Aivazian, Andreas Herrmann, Borislav Petkov, linux-kernel,
	x86
  Cc: Fenghua Yu

From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>

The problem in current microcode loading method is that we load a microcode way,
way too late; ideally we should load it before turning paging on.  This may only
be practical on 32 bits since we can't get to 64-bit mode without paging on,
but we should still do it as early as at all possible.

Similarly, we should load the microcode update as early as possible during AP
bringup and when processors are brought back online after hotplug or S3/S4.

In order to do that, the microcode patch needs to be permanently present in
kernel memory.  Each individual patch is fairly small, so that is OK, but the
entire blob with support for each CPU is too big. Since only CPU's with same
model can be in the same platform, we store microcode with the same model as
BSP. Later on AP's can upload microcode from the saved microcodep patches.

Note, however, that Linux users have gotten used to being able to install a
microcode patch in the field without having a reboot; we support that model too.

Fenghua Yu (11):
  Documentation/x86: Early load microcode
  x86/lib/cpio.c: Find cpio data by its file name
  x86/microcode_intel.h: Define functions and macros for early load
    ucode
  x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early load ucode
  x86/microcode_intel_lib.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
  x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
  x86/head_32.S: Early update ucode in 32-bit
  x86/head64.c: Early update ucode in 64-bit
  x86/smpboot.c: Early update ucode on AP
  x86/mm/init.c: Copy ucode from initrd image to memory
  x86/Kconfig: Configurations to enable/disable the feature

 Documentation/x86/earlyucode.txt        |   43 +++
 arch/x86/Kconfig                        |   22 ++
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpio.h             |   10 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h        |   23 ++
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h  |  103 +++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile                |    3 +
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c                |    6 +
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S               |    6 +
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c        |    7 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c  |   74 +++++
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c       |  185 +------------
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c |  482 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_lib.c   |  163 +++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c               |    7 +
 arch/x86/lib/Makefile                   |    2 +
 arch/x86/lib/cpio.c                     |  179 ++++++++++++
 arch/x86/mm/init.c                      |   10 +
 17 files changed, 1144 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/x86/earlyucode.txt
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/cpio.h
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_lib.c
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/lib/cpio.c

-- 
1.7.2


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2012-08-18  8:15 [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 01/11] Documentation/x86: " Fenghua Yu
2012-08-20 12:26   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 02/11] x86/lib/cpio.c: Find cpio data by its file name Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18 22:12   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-18 23:23     ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-19  4:35       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-19  5:15         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-20 13:29   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 03/11] x86/microcode_intel.h: Define functions and macros for early load ucode Fenghua Yu
2012-08-20 13:47   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 04/11] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces " Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18 22:44   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-19  2:38     ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-19  4:43       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-19  5:24       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-19 16:39         ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-20 14:06           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-20 20:08             ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-20 20:19               ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-21 20:05                 ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-21 20:13                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-21 20:48                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-21 20:52                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-21 20:52                       ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-21 20:53                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-21 20:58                           ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-20 14:04   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 05/11] x86/microcode_intel_lib.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU Fenghua Yu
2012-08-20 15:31   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-20 16:24     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 06/11] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: " Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 07/11] x86/head_32.S: Early update ucode in 32-bit Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 08/11] x86/head64.c: Early update ucode in 64-bit Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 09/11] x86/smpboot.c: Early update ucode on AP Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 10/11] x86/mm/init.c: Copy ucode from initrd image to memory Fenghua Yu
2012-08-18  8:15 ` [PATCH 11/11] x86/Kconfig: Configurations to enable/disable the feature Fenghua Yu
2012-08-20 21:41   ` Paul Bolle
2012-08-20 15:39 ` [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode Borislav Petkov
2012-08-20 15:44   ` Yu, Fenghua
2012-08-20 18:51   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-20 20:04     ` Borislav Petkov

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