1 files changed, 43 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 923054a6b760..32b8e5724f96 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -589,6 +589,23 @@ 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;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode to avoid
+	 * internal issues depending on what the microcode is updating.
+	 */
+	native_wbinvd();
+
 	/* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */
 	native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits);
 
@@ -774,9 +791,9 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig)
 
 static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 {
+	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	struct microcode_intel *mc;
-	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci;
-	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c;
 	static int prev_rev;
 	u32 rev;
 
@@ -784,15 +801,32 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 	if (WARN_ON(raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu))
 		return UCODE_ERROR;
 
-	uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
-	mc = uci->mc;
+	/* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */
+	mc = find_patch(uci);
 	if (!mc) {
-		/* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */
-		mc = find_patch(uci);
+		mc = uci->mc;
 		if (!mc)
 			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;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode to avoid
+	 * internal issues depending on what the microcode is updating.
+	 */
+	native_wbinvd();
+
 	/* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */
 	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits);
 
@@ -813,8 +847,6 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 		prev_rev = rev;
 	}
 
-	c = &cpu_data(cpu);
-
 	uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
 	c->microcode = rev;
 
@@ -830,6 +862,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
 	unsigned int leftover = size;
 	unsigned int curr_mc_size = 0, new_mc_size = 0;
 	unsigned int csig, cpf;
+	enum ucode_state ret = UCODE_OK;
 
 	while (leftover) {
 		struct microcode_header_intel mc_header;
@@ -871,6 +904,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
 			new_mc  = mc;
 			new_mc_size = mc_size;
 			mc = NULL;	/* trigger new vmalloc */
+			ret = UCODE_NEW;
 		}
 
 		ucode_ptr += mc_size;
@@ -900,7 +934,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
 	pr_debug("CPU%d found a matching microcode update with version 0x%x (current=0x%x)\n",
 		 cpu, new_rev, uci->cpu_sig.rev);
 
-	return UCODE_OK;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int get_ucode_fw(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)