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authorAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>2018-02-28 11:28:41 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-03-08 10:19:25 +0100
commitc182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed (patch)
treedd43afcf1c29fba71f5c3fbf680de823a9daa2d5 /arch
parent854857f5944c59a881ff607b37ed9ed41d031a3b (diff)
downloadlinux-c182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed.tar.bz2
x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads
After updating microcode on one of the threads of a core, the other thread sibling automatically gets the update since the microcode resources on a hyperthreaded core are shared between the two threads. Check the microcode revision on the CPU before performing a microcode update and thus save us the WRMSR 0x79 because it is a particularly expensive operation. [ Borislav: Massage changelog and coding style. ] Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519352533-15992-2-git-send-email-ashok.raj@intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-3-bp@alien8.de
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c27
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 923054a6b760..87bd6dc94081 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -589,6 +589,17 @@ static int apply_microcode_early(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, bool early)
if (!mc)
return 0;
+ /*
+ * Save us the MSR write below - which is a particular expensive
+ * operation - when the other hyperthread has updated the microcode
+ * already.
+ */
+ rev = intel_get_microcode_revision();
+ if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) {
+ uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
+ return UCODE_OK;
+ }
+
/* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */
native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits);
@@ -776,7 +787,7 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
{
struct microcode_intel *mc;
struct ucode_cpu_info *uci;
- struct cpuinfo_x86 *c;
+ struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
static int prev_rev;
u32 rev;
@@ -793,6 +804,18 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
return UCODE_NFOUND;
}
+ /*
+ * Save us the MSR write below - which is a particular expensive
+ * operation - when the other hyperthread has updated the microcode
+ * already.
+ */
+ rev = intel_get_microcode_revision();
+ if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) {
+ uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
+ c->microcode = rev;
+ return UCODE_OK;
+ }
+
/* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits);
@@ -813,8 +836,6 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
prev_rev = rev;
}
- c = &cpu_data(cpu);
-
uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
c->microcode = rev;