From: tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ashok.raj@intel.com,
thomas.lendacky@amd.com, mingo@kernel.org,
arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com, bp@suse.de, hpa@zytor.com,
tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: [tip:x86/pti] x86/microcode/intel: Look into the patch cache first
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 01:27:07 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180228102846.13447-6-bp@alien8.de>
Commit-ID: d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997
Author: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
AuthorDate: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:28:44 +0100
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:19:26 +0100
x86/microcode/intel: Look into the patch cache first
The cache might contain a newer patch - look in there first.
A follow-on change will make sure newest patches are loaded into the
cache of microcode patches.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-6-bp@alien8.de
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index e2864bc2d575..2aded9db1d42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig)
static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
{
- struct microcode_intel *mc;
- struct ucode_cpu_info *uci;
+ struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
+ struct microcode_intel *mc;
static int prev_rev;
u32 rev;
@@ -801,11 +801,10 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
if (WARN_ON(raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu))
return UCODE_ERROR;
- uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
- mc = uci->mc;
+ /* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */
+ mc = find_patch(uci);
if (!mc) {
- /* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */
- mc = find_patch(uci);
+ mc = uci->mc;
if (!mc)
return UCODE_NFOUND;
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-08 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-28 10:28 [PATCH 0/7] x86/microcode: Improve late loading Borislav Petkov
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 1/7] x86/microcode: Get rid of struct apply_microcode_ctx Borislav Petkov
2018-03-08 9:25 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 2/7] x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads Borislav Petkov
2018-03-08 9:25 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Ashok Raj
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 3/7] x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode Borislav Petkov
2018-03-08 9:26 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Ashok Raj
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 4/7] x86/microcode: Do not upload microcode if CPUs are offline Borislav Petkov
2018-02-28 13:11 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-02-28 13:26 ` Raj, Ashok
2018-02-28 19:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-03-05 22:06 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-03-08 9:26 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Ashok Raj
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 5/7] x86/microcode/intel: Look into the patch cache first Borislav Petkov
2018-03-08 9:27 ` tip-bot for Borislav Petkov [this message]
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 6/7] x86/microcode: Request microcode on the BSP Borislav Petkov
2018-03-05 22:08 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-03-08 9:27 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2018-02-28 10:28 ` [PATCH 7/7] x86/microcode: Synchronize late microcode loading Borislav Petkov
2018-02-28 13:59 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-02-28 14:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-02-28 17:48 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-03-05 22:09 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-03-08 9:28 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Ashok Raj
2018-03-05 22:12 ` [PATCH 0/7] x86/microcode: Improve late loading Tom Lendacky
2018-03-05 23:51 ` Raj, Ashok
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