[Part 2 v2[cleanup] 4/4] x86/microcode: Do not call apply_microde() on sibling threads

From: Ashok Raj
Date: Sat Jan 21 2023 - 16:35:40 EST


Microcode updates are applied at the core, and both threads of HT siblings
will notice the update.

During late-load, after the primary has updated the microcode, it also
reflects that in the per-cpu structure (cpuinfo_x86) holding the current
revision.

Since the sibling hasn't had a chance to update the per-cpu revision,
the current code calls apply_microcode() just as a way to verify and also
update the per-cpu revision number.

But in the odd case when primary returned with an error, the secondary will
try to perform a patchload and the primary has already been released to the
system. This could be problematic.

Replace apply_microcode() with a call to collect_cpu_info() and let that
call also update the per-cpu structure instead of returning the previously
cached values.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86 <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefan Talpalaru <stefantalpalaru@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zilstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin Pohlack <mpohlack@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 6ade3d59c404..089636b1643f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ static int __wait_for_cpus(atomic_t *t, long long timeout)
*/
static int __reload_late(void *info)
{
+ struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
enum ucode_state err;
int ret = 0;
@@ -422,12 +423,11 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)

/*
* At least one thread has completed update on each core.
- * For others, simply call the update to make sure the
- * per-cpu cpuinfo can be updated with right microcode
- * revision.
+ * For siblings, collect the cpuinfo and update the
+ * per-cpu cpuinfo with the current microcode revision.
*/
if (cpumask_first(topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu)) != cpu)
- err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(cpu);
+ microcode_ops->collect_cpu_info(cpu, &uci->cpu_sig);

return ret;
}
--
2.34.1