[PATCH 2/2] x86/microcode/intel: Issue the revision updated message only on the BSP

[Borislav Petkov]

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 10:01:53 +0200

... in order to not pollute dmesg with a line for each updated microcode
engine.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jon Grimm <Jon.Grimm@xxxxxxx>
Cc: kanth.ghatraju@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: patrick.colp@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index ce799cfe9434..6a99535d7f37 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 {
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
+	bool bsp = c->cpu_index == boot_cpu_data.cpu_index;
 	struct microcode_intel *mc;
 	enum ucode_state ret;
 	static int prev_rev;
@@ -836,7 +837,7 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 		return UCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (rev != prev_rev) {
+	if (bsp && rev != prev_rev) {
 		pr_info("updated to revision 0x%x, date = %04x-%02x-%02x\n",
 			rev,
 			mc->hdr.date & 0xffff,
@@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 	c->microcode	 = rev;
 
 	/* Update boot_cpu_data's revision too, if we're on the BSP: */
-	if (c->cpu_index == boot_cpu_data.cpu_index)
+	if (bsp)
 		boot_cpu_data.microcode = rev;
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.21.0


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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