Patch "x86/microcode: Propagate return value from updating functions" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    x86/microcode: Propagate return value from updating functions

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     x86-microcode-propagate-return-value-from-updating-functions.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 3f1f576a195aa266813cbd4ca70291deb61e0129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:26:38 +0100
Subject: x86/microcode: Propagate return value from updating functions

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

commit 3f1f576a195aa266813cbd4ca70291deb61e0129 upstream.

... so that callers can know when microcode was updated and act
accordingly.

Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180216112640.11554-2-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h      |    9 +++++++--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c   |   10 +++++-----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c  |   33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c |   10 +++++-----
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ struct cpu_signature {
 
 struct device;
 
-enum ucode_state { UCODE_ERROR, UCODE_OK, UCODE_NFOUND };
+enum ucode_state {
+	UCODE_OK	= 0,
+	UCODE_UPDATED,
+	UCODE_NFOUND,
+	UCODE_ERROR,
+};
 
 struct microcode_ops {
 	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_user) (int cpu,
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ struct microcode_ops {
 	 * are being called.
 	 * See also the "Synchronization" section in microcode_core.c.
 	 */
-	int (*apply_microcode) (int cpu);
+	enum ucode_state (*apply_microcode) (int cpu);
 	int (*collect_cpu_info) (int cpu, struct cpu_signature *csig);
 };
 
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static unsigned int verify_patch_size(u8
 	return patch_size;
 }
 
-static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	struct microcode_amd *mc_amd;
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 
 	p = find_patch(cpu);
 	if (!p)
-		return 0;
+		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 
 	mc_amd  = p->data;
 	uci->mc = p->data;
@@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 	if (rev >= mc_amd->hdr.patch_id) {
 		c->microcode = rev;
 		uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
-		return 0;
+		return UCODE_OK;
 	}
 
 	if (__apply_microcode_amd(mc_amd)) {
 		pr_err("CPU%d: update failed for patch_level=0x%08x\n",
 			cpu, mc_amd->hdr.patch_id);
-		return -1;
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 	pr_info("CPU%d: new patch_level=0x%08x\n", cpu,
 		mc_amd->hdr.patch_id);
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 	uci->cpu_sig.rev = mc_amd->hdr.patch_id;
 	c->microcode = mc_amd->hdr.patch_id;
 
-	return 0;
+	return UCODE_UPDATED;
 }
 
 static int install_equiv_cpu_table(const u8 *buf)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu)
 }
 
 struct apply_microcode_ctx {
-	int err;
+	enum ucode_state err;
 };
 
 static void apply_microcode_local(void *arg)
@@ -489,31 +489,29 @@ static void __exit microcode_dev_exit(vo
 /* fake device for request_firmware */
 static struct platform_device	*microcode_pdev;
 
-static int reload_for_cpu(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state reload_for_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 	enum ucode_state ustate;
-	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!uci->valid)
-		return err;
+		return UCODE_OK;
 
 	ustate = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(cpu, &microcode_pdev->dev, true);
-	if (ustate == UCODE_OK)
-		apply_microcode_on_target(cpu);
-	else
-		if (ustate == UCODE_ERROR)
-			err = -EINVAL;
-	return err;
+	if (ustate != UCODE_OK)
+		return ustate;
+
+	return apply_microcode_on_target(cpu);
 }
 
 static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 			    struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
+	enum ucode_state tmp_ret = UCODE_OK;
 	unsigned long val;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	int cpu;
-	ssize_t ret = 0, tmp_ret;
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
 	if (ret)
@@ -526,15 +524,18 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct devic
 	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		tmp_ret = reload_for_cpu(cpu);
-		if (tmp_ret != 0)
+		if (tmp_ret > UCODE_NFOUND) {
 			pr_warn("Error reloading microcode on CPU %d\n", cpu);
 
-		/* save retval of the first encountered reload error */
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = tmp_ret;
+			/* set retval for the first encountered reload error */
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
-	if (!ret)
+
+	if (!ret && tmp_ret == UCODE_UPDATED)
 		perf_check_microcode();
+
 	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
 	put_online_cpus();
 
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 {
 	struct microcode_intel *mc;
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci;
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 
 	/* We should bind the task to the CPU */
 	if (WARN_ON(raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu))
-		return -1;
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
 
 	uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 	mc = uci->mc;
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 		/* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */
 		mc = find_patch(uci);
 		if (!mc)
-			return 0;
+			return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
 	/* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 	if (rev != mc->hdr.rev) {
 		pr_err("CPU%d update to revision 0x%x failed\n",
 		       cpu, mc->hdr.rev);
-		return -1;
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	if (rev != prev_rev) {
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 	uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
 	c->microcode = rev;
 
-	return 0;
+	return UCODE_UPDATED;
 }
 
 static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bp@suse.de are

queue-4.14/x86-microcode-intel-check-microcode-revision-before-updating-sibling-threads.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-attempt-late-loading-only-when-new-microcode-is-present.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-propagate-return-value-from-updating-functions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpu-check-cpu-feature-bits-after-microcode-upgrade.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-intel-writeback-and-invalidate-caches-before-updating-microcode.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-intel-look-into-the-patch-cache-first.patch
queue-4.14/edac-mv64x60-fix-an-error-handling-path.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-request-microcode-on-the-bsp.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-get-rid-of-struct-apply_microcode_ctx.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-fix-cpu-synchronization-routine.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-synchronize-late-microcode-loading.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-do-not-upload-microcode-if-cpus-are-offline.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpu-add-a-microcode-loader-callback.patch