Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/3] x86/CPU: Add a microcode loader callback | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:26:39 +0100 |
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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Add a callback function which the microcode loader calls when microcode has been updated to a newer revision. Do the callback only when no error was encountered during loading.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> --- arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 10 ++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 8 ++++++-- 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h index 23fdaf4ec925..856669b90a0c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -977,4 +977,5 @@ bool xen_set_default_idle(void); void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy); void df_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code); +void microcode_check(void); #endif /* _ASM_X86_PROCESSOR_H */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index d63f4b5706e4..82c142b33bf3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -1749,3 +1749,13 @@ static int __init init_cpu_syscore(void) return 0; } core_initcall(init_cpu_syscore); + +/* + * 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. + */ +void microcode_check(void) +{ + perf_check_microcode(); +} diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c index 6fdaf7cf3182..aa1b9a422f2b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c @@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev, const char *buf, size_t size) { enum ucode_state tmp_ret = UCODE_OK; + bool do_callback = false; unsigned long val; ssize_t ret = 0; int cpu; @@ -531,10 +532,13 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev, if (!ret) ret = -EINVAL; } + + if (tmp_ret == UCODE_UPDATED) + do_callback = true; } - if (!ret && tmp_ret == UCODE_UPDATED) - perf_check_microcode(); + if (!ret && do_callback) + microcode_check(); mutex_unlock(µcode_mutex); put_online_cpus(); -- 2.13.0
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