From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:50518 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752907AbeDJOGh (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:06:37 -0400 Subject: Patch "x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads" has been added to the 4.15-stable tree To: ashok.raj@intel.com, arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com, bp@suse.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de, thomas.lendacky@amd.com Cc: , From: Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:06:17 +0200 Message-ID: <152336917768218@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads to the 4.15-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-intel-check-microcode-revision-before-updating-sibling-threads.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From c182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ashok Raj Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:28:41 +0100 Subject: x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads From: Ashok Raj commit c182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed upstream. After updating microcode on one of the threads of a core, the other thread sibling automatically gets the update since the microcode resources on a hyperthreaded core are shared between the two threads. Check the microcode revision on the CPU before performing a microcode update and thus save us the WRMSR 0x79 because it is a particularly expensive operation. [ Borislav: Massage changelog and coding style. ] Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Tested-by: Tom Lendacky Tested-by: Ashok Raj Cc: Arjan Van De Ven Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519352533-15992-2-git-send-email-ashok.raj@intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-3-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -589,6 +589,17 @@ static int apply_microcode_early(struct if (!mc) return 0; + /* + * Save us the MSR write below - which is a particular expensive + * operation - when the other hyperthread has updated the microcode + * already. + */ + rev = intel_get_microcode_revision(); + if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) { + uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev; + return UCODE_OK; + } + /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); @@ -776,7 +787,7 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_ { struct microcode_intel *mc; struct ucode_cpu_info *uci; - struct cpuinfo_x86 *c; + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu); static int prev_rev; u32 rev; @@ -793,6 +804,18 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_ return UCODE_NFOUND; } + /* + * Save us the MSR write below - which is a particular expensive + * operation - when the other hyperthread has updated the microcode + * already. + */ + rev = intel_get_microcode_revision(); + if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) { + uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev; + c->microcode = rev; + return UCODE_OK; + } + /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); @@ -813,8 +836,6 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_ prev_rev = rev; } - c = &cpu_data(cpu); - uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev; c->microcode = rev; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ashok.raj@intel.com are queue-4.15/x86-microcode-intel-check-microcode-revision-before-updating-sibling-threads.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-attempt-late-loading-only-when-new-microcode-is-present.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-propagate-return-value-from-updating-functions.patch queue-4.15/x86-cpu-check-cpu-feature-bits-after-microcode-upgrade.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-intel-writeback-and-invalidate-caches-before-updating-microcode.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-intel-look-into-the-patch-cache-first.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-request-microcode-on-the-bsp.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-get-rid-of-struct-apply_microcode_ctx.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-fix-cpu-synchronization-routine.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-synchronize-late-microcode-loading.patch queue-4.15/x86-microcode-do-not-upload-microcode-if-cpus-are-offline.patch queue-4.15/x86-cpu-add-a-microcode-loader-callback.patch