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Add a parameter to store CPU capabilities before performing a microcode
update so that CPU capabilities can be compared before and after update.

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Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230109153555.4986-2-ashok.raj@intel.com
Stable-dep-of: c0dd924 ("x86/microcode: Check CPU capabilities after late microcode update correctly")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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ashok-raj authored and gregkh committed Mar 10, 2023
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
Expand Up @@ -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,
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21 changes: 13 additions & 8 deletions arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
Expand Up @@ -2302,30 +2302,35 @@ 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");
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
Expand Up @@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ 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");
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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);
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