This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/microcode/intel: Look into the patch cache first
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git%3Ba=su...
The filename of the patch is: x86-microcode-intel-look-into-the-patch-cache-first.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 d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Borislav Petkov bp@suse.de Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:28:44 +0100 Subject: x86/microcode/intel: Look into the patch cache first
From: Borislav Petkov bp@suse.de
commit d8c3b52c00a05036e0a6b315b4b17921a7b67997 upstream.
The cache might contain a newer patch - look in there first.
A follow-on change will make sure newest patches are loaded into the cache of microcode patches.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov bp@suse.de Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Tested-by: Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky@amd.com Tested-by: Ashok Raj ashok.raj@intel.com Cc: Arjan Van De Ven arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-6-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
--- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num,
static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu) { - struct microcode_intel *mc; - struct ucode_cpu_info *uci; + struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu; struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu); + struct microcode_intel *mc; static int prev_rev; u32 rev;
@@ -801,11 +801,10 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_ if (WARN_ON(raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu)) return UCODE_ERROR;
- uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu; - mc = uci->mc; + /* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */ + mc = find_patch(uci); if (!mc) { - /* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */ - mc = find_patch(uci); + mc = uci->mc; if (!mc) return UCODE_NFOUND; }
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