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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 03/10] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early loading ucode
@ 2012-11-30  1:47 Fenghua Yu
  2012-12-01  0:23 ` [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>

Define interfaces load_ucode_bsp() and load_ucode_ap() to load ucode on BSP and
AP in early boot time. These are generic interfaces. Internally they call
vendor specific implementations.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h       |   23 ++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c |   70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
index 43d921b..2e2ff3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -57,4 +57,27 @@ static inline struct microcode_ops * __init init_amd_microcode(void)
 static inline void __exit exit_amd_microcode(void) {}
 #endif
 
+struct mc_saved_data {
+	unsigned int mc_saved_count;
+	struct microcode_intel **mc_saved;
+	struct ucode_cpu_info *ucode_cpu_info;
+};
+#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY
+#define MAX_UCODE_COUNT 128
+extern struct ucode_cpu_info ucode_cpu_info_early[NR_CPUS];
+extern struct microcode_intel __initdata *mc_saved_in_initrd[MAX_UCODE_COUNT];
+extern struct mc_saved_data mc_saved_data;
+extern void __init load_ucode_bsp(char *real_mode_data);
+extern __init void load_ucode_ap(void);
+extern void __init
+save_microcode_in_initrd(struct mc_saved_data *mc_saved_data,
+			 struct microcode_intel **mc_saved_in_initrd);
+#else
+static inline void __init load_ucode_bsp(char *real_mode_data) {}
+static inline __init void load_ucode_ap(void) {}
+static inline void __init
+save_microcode_in_initrd(struct mc_saved_data *mc_saved_data,
+			 struct microcode_intel **mc_saved_in_initrd) {}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_MICROCODE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c6cc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ *	X86 CPU microcode early update for Linux
+ *
+ *	Copyright (C) 2012 Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
+ *			   H Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
+ *
+ *	This driver allows to early upgrade microcode on Intel processors
+ *	belonging to IA-32 family - PentiumPro, Pentium II,
+ *	Pentium III, Xeon, Pentium 4, etc.
+ *
+ *	Reference: Section 9.11 of Volume 3, IA-32 Intel Architecture
+ *	Software Developer's Manual.
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <asm/microcode_intel.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+
+struct ucode_cpu_info	ucode_cpu_info_early[NR_CPUS];
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ucode_cpu_info_early);
+
+static inline int __init x86_vendor(void)
+{
+	unsigned int eax = 0x00000000;
+	char x86_vendor_id[16];
+	int i;
+	struct {
+		char x86_vendor_id[16];
+		__u8 x86_vendor;
+	} cpu_vendor_table[] = {
+		{ "GenuineIntel", X86_VENDOR_INTEL },
+		{ "AuthenticAMD", X86_VENDOR_AMD },
+	};
+
+	memset(x86_vendor_id, 0, ARRAY_SIZE(x86_vendor_id));
+	/* Get vendor name */
+	native_cpuid(&eax,
+		(unsigned int *)&x86_vendor_id[0],
+		(unsigned int *)&x86_vendor_id[8],
+		(unsigned int *)&x86_vendor_id[4]);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cpu_vendor_table); i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(x86_vendor_id, cpu_vendor_table[i].x86_vendor_id))
+			return cpu_vendor_table[i].x86_vendor;
+	}
+
+	return X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+
+void __init load_ucode_bsp(char *real_mode_data)
+{
+	/*
+	 * boot_cpu_data is not setup yet in this early phase.
+	 * So we get vendor information directly through cpuid.
+	 */
+	if (x86_vendor() == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+		load_ucode_intel_bsp(real_mode_data);
+}
+
+void __cpuinit load_ucode_ap(void)
+{
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+		load_ucode_intel_ap();
+}
-- 
1.7.2


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