From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5] x86/microcode: move away from using a fake platform device
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 12:54:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025070121-omission-small-9308@gregkh> (raw)
Downloading firmware needs a device to hang off of, and so a platform
device seemed like the simplest way to do this. Now that we have a faux
device interface, use that instead as this "microcode device" is not
anything resembling a platform device at all.
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
v5: - rebase against 6.16-rc4 and actually cc: the relevant maintainers
this time, doh!
v4: - api tweaked due to parent pointer added to faux_device create
function.
v3: - no change
v2: - new patch in a larger series
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index fe50eb5b7c4a..b92e09a87c69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "microcode: " fmt
-#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
+#include <linux/device/faux.h>
#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void reload_early_microcode(unsigned int cpu)
}
/* fake device for request_firmware */
-static struct platform_device *microcode_pdev;
+static struct faux_device *microcode_fdev;
#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
/*
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static int load_late_locked(void)
if (!setup_cpus())
return -EBUSY;
- switch (microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(0, µcode_pdev->dev)) {
+ switch (microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(0, µcode_fdev->dev)) {
case UCODE_NEW:
return load_late_stop_cpus(false);
case UCODE_NEW_SAFE:
@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
if (early_data.new_rev)
pr_info_once("Updated early from: 0x%08x\n", early_data.old_rev);
- microcode_pdev = platform_device_register_simple("microcode", -1, NULL, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(microcode_pdev))
- return PTR_ERR(microcode_pdev);
+ microcode_fdev = faux_device_create("microcode", NULL, NULL);
+ if (!microcode_fdev)
+ return -ENODEV;
dev_root = bus_get_dev_root(&cpu_subsys);
if (dev_root) {
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
return 0;
out_pdev:
- platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);
+ faux_device_destroy(microcode_fdev);
return error;
}
--
2.50.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-07-01 10:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-01 10:54 Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2025-07-01 17:37 ` [PATCH v5] x86/microcode: move away from using a fake platform device Sohil Mehta
2025-07-09 11:37 ` [tip: x86/microcode] x86/microcode: Move " tip-bot2 for Greg Kroah-Hartman
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