[PATCH 4.9 27/48] x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 24 2017 - 09:05:45 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

commit 723f2828a98c8ca19842042f418fb30dd8cfc0f7 upstream.

Blacklist Broadwell X model 79 for late loading due to an erratum.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171018111225.25635-1-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>

#include <asm/microcode_intel.h>
+#include <asm/intel-family.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/setup.h>
@@ -1046,6 +1047,18 @@ static int get_ucode_fw(void *to, const
return 0;
}

+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");
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
bool refresh_fw)
{
@@ -1054,6 +1067,9 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcod
const struct firmware *firmware;
enum ucode_state ret;

+ if (is_blacklisted(cpu))
+ return UCODE_NFOUND;
+
sprintf(name, "intel-ucode/%02x-%02x-%02x",
c->x86, c->x86_model, c->x86_mask);

@@ -1078,6 +1094,9 @@ static int get_ucode_user(void *to, cons
static enum ucode_state
request_microcode_user(int cpu, const void __user *buf, size_t size)
{
+ if (is_blacklisted(cpu))
+ return UCODE_NFOUND;
+
return generic_load_microcode(cpu, (void *)buf, size, &get_ucode_user);
}