[Patch v5 1/5] x86/microcode: Add a parameter to microcode_check() to store CPU capabilities

[Ashok Raj]

Add a parameter to store CPU capabilities before performing a microcode
update so that the code later can compare CPU capabilities before and after
performing the update.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86 <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefan Talpalaru <stefantalpalaru@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zilstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since V3

Boris:
- Fix commit log to drop "next patch".
- Add documentation to new parameter to microcode_check()
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h     |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c         | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 4e35c66edeb7..f256a4ddd25d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ bool xen_set_default_idle(void);
 #endif
 
 void __noreturn stop_this_cpu(void *dummy);
-void microcode_check(void);
+void microcode_check(struct cpuinfo_x86 *prev_info);
 
 enum l1tf_mitigations {
 	L1TF_MITIGATION_OFF,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 9cfca3d7d0e2..0f5a173d0871 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -2297,30 +2297,35 @@ void cpu_init_secondary(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
-/*
+/**
+ * microcode_check() - Check if any CPU capabilities changed after an update.
+ * @prev_info:	CPU capabilities stored before an update.
+ *
  * The microcode loader calls this upon late microcode load to recheck features,
  * only when microcode has been updated. Caller holds microcode_mutex and CPU
  * hotplug lock.
+ *
+ * Return: None
  */
-void microcode_check(void)
+void microcode_check(struct cpuinfo_x86 *prev_info)
 {
-	struct cpuinfo_x86 info;
-
 	perf_check_microcode();
 
 	/* Reload CPUID max function as it might've changed. */
-	info.cpuid_level = cpuid_eax(0);
+	prev_info->cpuid_level = cpuid_eax(0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Copy all capability leafs to pick up the synthetic ones so that
 	 * memcmp() below doesn't fail on that. The ones coming from CPUID will
 	 * get overwritten in get_cpu_cap().
 	 */
-	memcpy(&info.x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability, sizeof(info.x86_capability));
+	memcpy(&prev_info->x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability,
+	       sizeof(prev_info->x86_capability));
 
-	get_cpu_cap(&info);
+	get_cpu_cap(prev_info);
 
-	if (!memcmp(&info.x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability, sizeof(info.x86_capability)))
+	if (!memcmp(&prev_info->x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability,
+		    sizeof(prev_info->x86_capability)))
 		return;
 
 	pr_warn("x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode, but might not take effect.\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index c4cd7328177b..e39d83be794b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
 static int microcode_reload_late(void)
 {
 	int old = boot_cpu_data.microcode, ret;
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 prev_info;
 
 	pr_err("Attempting late microcode loading - it is dangerous and taints the kernel.\n");
 	pr_err("You should switch to early loading, if possible.\n");
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ static int microcode_reload_late(void)
 
 	ret = stop_machine_cpuslocked(__reload_late, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
 	if (ret == 0)
-		microcode_check();
+		microcode_check(&prev_info);
 
 	pr_info("Reload completed, microcode revision: 0x%x -> 0x%x\n",
 		old, boot_cpu_data.microcode);
-- 
2.34.1