linux-stable.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core_early.c, branch v4.2

x86/microcode: Correct CPU family related variable types

2015-06-07T13:38:15+00:00

Change the type of variables and function prototypes to be in
alignment with what the x86_*() / __x86_*() family/model
functions return.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Cc: H. Peter Anvin 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1433436928-31903-21-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/microcode: Parse built-in microcode early

2015-05-06T09:24:53+00:00

Apparently, people do build microcode into the kernel image, i.e.
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y.

Make that work in the early loader which is where microcode should be
preferably loaded anyway.

Note that you need to specify the microcode filename with the path
relative to the toplevel firmware directory (the same like the late
loading method) in CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=y so that early loader can
find it.

I.e., something like this (Intel variant):

  CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
  CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09"
  CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/"

While at it, add me to the loader copyright boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Daniel J Blueman 
Cc: H. Peter Anvin 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/microcode: Consolidate family,model, ... code

2015-03-02T19:32:07+00:00

... to the header. Split the family acquiring function into a
main one, doing CPUID and a helper which computes the extended
family and is used in multiple places. Get rid of the locally-grown
get_x86_{family,model}().

While at it, rename local variables to something more descriptive and
vertically align assignments for better readability.

There should be no functionality change resulting from this patch.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov

x86, microcode: Reload microcode on resume

2014-12-06T12:03:03+00:00

Normally, we do reapply microcode on resume. However, in the cases where
that microcode comes from the early loader and the late loader hasn't
been utilized yet, there's no easy way for us to go and apply the patch
applied during boot by the early loader.

Thus, reuse the patch stashed by the early loader for the BSP.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov

x86, microcode: Fix accessing dis_ucode_ldr on 32-bit

2014-11-05T16:28:06+00:00

We should be accessing it through a pointer, like on the BSP.

Tested-by: Richard Hendershot 
Fixes: 65cef1311d5d ("x86, microcode: Add a disable chicken bit")
Cc:  # v3.15+
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov

x86, microcode: Add a disable chicken bit

2014-05-21T03:21:27+00:00

Add a cmdline param which disables the microcode loader. This is useful
mostly in debugging situations where we want to turn off microcode
loading, both early from the initrd and late, as a means to be able to
rule out its influence on the machine.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1400525957-11525-3-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86, microcode: Move to a proper location

2014-01-13T19:00:12+00:00

We've grown a bunch of microcode loader files all prefixed with
"microcode_". They should be under cpu/ because this is strictly
CPU-related functionality so do that and drop the prefix since they're
in their own directory now which gives that prefix. :)

While at it, drop MICROCODE_INTEL_LIB config item and stash the
functionality under CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL as it was its only user.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov 
Tested-by: Aravind Gopalakrishnan