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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Track minimum microcode revision globally
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 01:33:53PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
>
> For bug workarounds depending on microcode revisions we need to
> know the minimum microcode revision shared by all CPUs.
>
> This patch adds infrastructure to track this.
>
> Every time microcode is updated we update a global variable for
> the minimum microcode revision of all the CPUs in the system.
> At boot time we use the lowest available microcode (and warn
> if they are inconsistent)
>
> At CPU hotplug or S3 resume time there is a short race window
> where something might run on the CPUs but before the microcode
> update notifier runs. For the current workarounds that need this
> this is acceptable and shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Only tested on Intel CPUs, but should work for AMD too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 3 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 2 +
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h | 3 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 2 +
> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c | 1 +
> 7 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

[ … ]

> +/*
> + * Track the minimum global microcode version. On early bootup assume
> + * the BIOS set all CPUs to the same revision. If that's not the case
> + * some code may be already running assuming the newer revision, but
> + * there's not much we can do about that (but it's unlikely to be
> + * problem in early bootup)
> + */
> +__cpuinit void boot_update_min_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> +{
> + static int boot_min_microcode;
> +
> + if (!boot_min_microcode) {
> + boot_min_microcode = c->microcode;
> + min_microcode = c->microcode;
> + } else if (c->microcode < boot_min_microcode) {
> + pr_warn("CPU %d has lower microcode revision %x at boot than boot CPU (%x)\n",
> + smp_processor_id(),
> + c->microcode,
> + boot_min_microcode);

What do we need that for? Mixed-ucode versions?

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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