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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 09:29:30 +0100
commit44cd2c5e9144dc2a072a1aa0d1bf3a13389b79c2 (patch)
treee305a1c2fe91d774594ef7d7b239c39ec3e747c6
parent4cefa6f752ab132baa929f59151b284cb1539bbe (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.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 0dd7bcae3f5b..bd9603279524 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -271,8 +271,17 @@ 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");
+ /*
+ * 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 true;
}