[PATCH 6/7] x86/microcode: Request microcode on the BSP

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Feb 28 2018 - 05:30:42 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

... so that any newer version can land in the cache and can later be
fished out by the application functions. Do that before grabbing the
hotplug lock.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index fa32cb3dcca5..5dd157d48606 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -499,15 +499,10 @@ static int check_online_cpus(void)
static enum ucode_state reload_for_cpu(int cpu)
{
struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
- enum ucode_state ustate;

if (!uci->valid)
return UCODE_OK;

- ustate = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(cpu, &microcode_pdev->dev, true);
- if (ustate != UCODE_OK)
- return ustate;
-
return apply_microcode_on_target(cpu);
}

@@ -515,11 +510,11 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t size)
{
+ int cpu, bsp = boot_cpu_data.cpu_index;
enum ucode_state tmp_ret = UCODE_OK;
bool do_callback = false;
unsigned long val;
ssize_t ret = 0;
- int cpu;

ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
if (ret)
@@ -528,6 +523,10 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
if (val != 1)
return size;

+ tmp_ret = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(bsp, &microcode_pdev->dev, true);
+ if (tmp_ret != UCODE_OK)
+ return size;
+
get_online_cpus();

ret = check_online_cpus();
--
2.13.0