[PATCH 1/3] x86, ucode-amd: Load ucode-patches once and notseparately fo each CPU

From: Andreas Herrmann
Date: Tue Nov 10 2009 - 06:07:33 EST


This also implies that corresponding log messages, e.g.

platform microcode: firmware: requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin

show up only once on module load and not when ucode is updated for
each CPU.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
index ef51b50..c24ca9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ struct device;
enum ucode_state { UCODE_ERROR, UCODE_OK, UCODE_NFOUND };

struct microcode_ops {
+ void (*init)(struct device *device);
+ void (*fini)(void);
enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_user) (int cpu,
const void __user *buf, size_t size);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index c043534..75538f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
#define UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE 0x00000000
#define UCODE_UCODE_TYPE 0x00000001

+const struct firmware *firmware;
+
struct equiv_cpu_entry {
u32 installed_cpu;
u32 fixed_errata_mask;
@@ -301,14 +303,10 @@ generic_load_microcode(int cpu, const u8 *data, size_t size)

static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
{
- const char *fw_name = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
- const struct firmware *firmware;
enum ucode_state ret;

- if (request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: failed to load file %s\n", fw_name);
+ if (firmware == NULL)
return UCODE_NFOUND;
- }

if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
@@ -318,8 +316,6 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)

ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);

- release_firmware(firmware);
-
return ret;
}

@@ -339,7 +335,21 @@ static void microcode_fini_cpu_amd(int cpu)
uci->mc = NULL;
}

+void init_microcode_amd(struct device *device)
+{
+ const char *fw_name = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
+ if (request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device))
+ printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: failed to load file %s\n", fw_name);
+}
+
+void fini_microcode_amd(void)
+{
+ release_firmware(firmware);
+}
+
static struct microcode_ops microcode_amd_ops = {
+ .init = init_microcode_amd,
+ .fini = fini_microcode_amd,
.request_microcode_user = request_microcode_user,
.request_microcode_fw = request_microcode_fw,
.collect_cpu_info = collect_cpu_info_amd,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index 2bcad39..230fb09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -518,6 +518,9 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
return PTR_ERR(microcode_pdev);
}

+ if (microcode_ops->init)
+ microcode_ops->init(&microcode_pdev->dev);
+
get_online_cpus();
mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);

@@ -561,6 +564,9 @@ static void __exit microcode_exit(void)

platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);

+ if (microcode_ops->fini)
+ microcode_ops->fini();
+
microcode_ops = NULL;

pr_info("Microcode Update Driver: v" MICROCODE_VERSION " removed.\n");
--
1.6.5.2

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