[PATCH 4/4] x86: Detect model/family mismatches for common microcode revision

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Jun 13 2012 - 16:20:59 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When the model/family don't match force the common microcode to zero.
On such configurations there is no sane way to check for microcode
revisions, so don't even try.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cfc50e0..9642929 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1183,12 +1183,26 @@ __cpuinit void boot_update_min_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (!boot_min_microcode) {
boot_min_microcode = c->microcode;
boot_cpu_data.microcode = c->microcode;
- } else if (c->microcode < boot_min_microcode) {
- pr_warn("CPU %d has lower microcode revision %x at boot than boot CPU (%x)\n",
- smp_processor_id(),
- c->microcode,
- boot_min_microcode);
- boot_cpu_data.microcode = c->microcode;
+ } else {
+ if (c->microcode < boot_min_microcode) {
+ pr_warn("CPU %d has lower microcode revision %x at boot than boot CPU (%x)\n",
+ smp_processor_id(),
+ c->microcode,
+ boot_min_microcode);
+ boot_cpu_data.microcode = c->microcode;
+ }
+ /* Assume steppings have common microcode version numbers */
+ if (c->x86 != boot_cpu_data.x86 ||
+ c->x86_model != boot_cpu_data.x86_model) {
+ pr_warn("CPU %d model mismatch to boot CPU: %d,%d vs %d,%d\n",
+ smp_processor_id(),
+ boot_cpu_data.x86,
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model,
+ c->x86,
+ c->x86_model);
+ /* Disable any common microcode checks. */
+ boot_cpu_data.microcode = 0;
+ }
}
}

--
1.7.7.6

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