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x86/microcode: Attempt late loading only when new microcode is present

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commit 2613f36ed9 upstream.

Return UCODE_NEW from the scanning functions to denote that new microcode
was found and only then attempt the expensive synchronization dance.

Reported-by: Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@protonmail.com>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180314183615.17629-1-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Borislav Petkov
2018-03-14 19:36:14 +01:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent b0b1ac38e0
commit c81d7069dc
4 changed files with 29 additions and 20 deletions
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
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@@ -862,6 +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;
@@ -903,6 +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;
@@ -932,7 +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)