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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/microcode/intel: Blacklist the specific BDW-EP for late loading
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Sorry I should remove UTF-8 characters in comment lines. Plz ignore this
patch.

Cheers,
Jia

在 2017/12/25 下午3:30, Jia Zhang 写道:
> Instead of blacklisting all Broadwell processorsi for running a late
> loading, only BDW-EP (signature 406f1) with the microcode version
> less than 0x0b000021 needs to be blacklisted.
>
> This is documented in the the public documentation #334165 (See the
> item BDF90 for details).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jia Zhang <qianyue.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 11 +++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
> index 8ccdca6..5495369 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
> @@ -910,8 +910,15 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu)
> {
> struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
>
> - if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X) {
> - pr_err_once("late loading on model 79 is disabled.\n");
> + /*
> + * The Broadwell-EP processor with the microcode version less
> + * then 0x0b000021 may reault in system hang when running a late
> + * loading. This behavior is documented in item BDF90, #334165
> + * (Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8800/ 4800 v4 Product Family).
> + */
> + if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X &&
> + c->x86_mask == 0x01 && intel_get_microcode_revision() < 0x0b000021U) {
> + pr_err_once("late loading on model 79 (sig 64f1) is disabled.\n");
> return true;
> }
>
>

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