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* [PATCH v5 00/12] x86/microcode: Early load microcode
@ 2012-12-21  7:44 Fenghua Yu
  2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] Documentation/x86: " Fenghua Yu
                   ` (13 more replies)
  0 siblings, 14 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: Fenghua Yu @ 2012-12-21  7:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, Asit K Mallick,
	Tigran Aivazian, Yinghai Lu, 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 APs 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.

In x86_64, this patchset needs early #PF handler set page table patchset. So
this patchset is based on:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/yinghai/linux-yinghai.git for-x86-boot

v5: Call 64 bit load_ucode_bsp() after copy_bootdata() and remove its
parameter.

v4: Change CPUID_IS macro. Call load_ucode_bsp after load_idt in x86_64. Flush
tlb after applying microcode.

v3: Change .hex to .bin in 01/10 and 05/10 patches. Fix some compilation
warnings. In x86_32 mode, access global varialbes by __pa_symobl() and fix
static string issue in x86_vendor(). Call load_ucode_ap() in real mode as well.
Add debug info.

v2: Detect vendor before loading microcode. Move some functions from
microcode_intel_early.c to microcode_intel_lib.c. Change some early loading
microcode dependencies in Kconfig. Reword doc.

Fenghua Yu (12):
  Documentation/x86: Early load microcode
  x86/microcode_intel.h: Define functions and macros for early loading
    ucode
  x86/common.c: Make have_cpuid_p() a global function
  x86/common.c: load ucode in 64 bit or show loading ucode info in 32
    bit on AP
  x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early loading ucode
  x86/microcode_intel_lib.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
  x86/tlbflush.h: Define __native_flush_tlb_global_irq_disabled()
  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/mm/init.c: Copy ucode from initrd image to kernel memory
  x86/Kconfig: Configurations to enable/disable the feature

 Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt   |  43 ++
 arch/x86/Kconfig                        |  18 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h        |  14 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h  |  85 ++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h        |   8 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h         |  18 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile                |   3 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c            |  17 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c                |   6 +
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S               |  11 +
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c        |   7 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c  |  76 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c       | 198 ++------
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c | 796 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_lib.c   | 174 +++++++
 arch/x86/mm/init.c                      |  10 +
 16 files changed, 1301 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
 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

-- 
1.8.0.1


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* [PATCH v2 06/10] x86/head_32.S: Early update ucode in 32-bit
@ 2012-11-30  1:47 Fenghua Yu
  2012-12-01  0:26 ` [tip:x86/microcode] " tip-bot for Fenghua Yu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Fenghua Yu @ 2012-11-30  1:47 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>

This updates ucode in 32-bit kernel. At this point, there is no paging and no
virtual address yet.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 957a47a..b7b76a4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
 	movl %eax, pa(olpc_ofw_pgd)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY
+	/* Early load ucode on BSP. */
+	movl $pa(boot_params), %eax
+	call load_ucode_bsp
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Initialize page tables.  This creates a PDE and a set of page
  * tables, which are located immediately beyond __brk_base.  The variable
-- 
1.7.2


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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] x86/common.c: load ucode in 64 bit or show loading ucode info in 32 bit on AP Fenghua Yu
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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] x86/microcode_intel_lib.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU Fenghua Yu
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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] x86/tlbflush.h: Define __native_flush_tlb_global_irq_disabled() Fenghua Yu
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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU Fenghua Yu
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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 09/12] x86/head_32.S: Early update ucode in 32-bit Fenghua Yu
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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] x86/head64.c: Early update ucode in 64-bit Fenghua Yu
2013-01-31 22:35   ` [tip:x86/microcode] " tip-bot for Fenghua Yu
2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] x86/mm/init.c: Copy ucode from initrd image to kernel memory Fenghua Yu
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2012-12-21  7:44 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] x86/Kconfig: Configurations to enable/disable the feature Fenghua Yu
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2013-01-03 17:44 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] x86/microcode: Early load microcode Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-03 17:48   ` H. Peter Anvin
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2013-01-08 19:47       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-08 20:04         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-08 20:16           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-09 13:35           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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