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authorJia Zhang <qianyue.zj@alibaba-inc.com>2018-01-01 10:04:47 +0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-01-17 09:35:30 +0100
commit7d1bef0f6037f4cb3380cc41596ec1b6ecfb19a7 (patch)
tree10b7ffd27501b3468a3f9af3e7315037043966e6
parentc77dd7b425cdb1a038862b7b092495115e90e6d4 (diff)
x86/microcode/intel: Extend BDW late-loading with a revision check
commit b94b7373317164402ff7728d10f7023127a02b60 upstream. Instead of blacklisting all model 79 CPUs when attempting a late microcode loading, limit that only to CPUs with microcode revisions < 0x0b000021 because only on those late loading may cause a system hang. For such processors either: a) a BIOS update which might contain a newer microcode revision or b) the early microcode loading method should be considered. Processors with revisions 0x0b000021 or higher will not experience such hangs. For more details, see erratum BDF90 in document #334165 (Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 Product Family Specification Update) from September 2017. [ bp: Heavily massage commit message and pr_* statements. ] Fixes: 723f2828a98c ("x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79") Signed-off-by: Jia Zhang <qianyue.zj@alibaba-inc.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1514772287-92959-1-git-send-email-qianyue.zj@alibaba-inc.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index abf581ade8d2..b428a8174be1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -994,9 +994,17 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
- if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 79) {
- pr_err_once("late loading on model 79 is disabled.\n");
- return true;
+ /*
+ * Late loading on model 79 with microcode revision less than 0x0b000021
+ * may result in a system hang. This behavior is documented in item
+ * BDF90, #334165 (Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 Product Family).
+ */
+ if (c->x86 == 6 &&
+ c->x86_model == 79 &&
+ c->x86_mask == 0x01 &&
+ c->microcode < 0x0b000021) {
+ pr_err_once("Erratum BDF90: late loading with revision < 0x0b000021 (0x%x) disabled.\n", c->microcode);
+ pr_err_once("Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.\n");
}
return false;