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<title>linux-toradex.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c, branch v6.16</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge branch 'x86/msr' into x86/core, to resolve conflicts</title>
<updated>2025-05-13T08:42:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-05-13T08:42:06+00:00</published>
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 Conflicts:
	arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c
	arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
	arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
	arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c

 Semantic conflict:
	arch/x86/include/asm/sev-internal.h

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 Conflicts:
	arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c
	arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
	arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
	arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c

 Semantic conflict:
	arch/x86/include/asm/sev-internal.h

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/microcode: Consolidate the loader enablement checking</title>
<updated>2025-05-05T08:51:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-14T09:59:33+00:00</published>
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Consolidate the whole logic which determines whether the microcode loader
should be enabled or not into a single function and call it everywhere.

Well, almost everywhere - not in mk_early_pgtbl_32() because there the kernel
is running without paging enabled and checking dis_ucode_ldr et al would
require physical addresses and uglification of the code.

But since this is 32-bit, the easier thing to do is to simply map the initrd
unconditionally especially since that mapping is getting removed later anyway
by zap_early_initrd_mapping() and avoid the uglification.

In doing so, address the issue of old 486er machines without CPUID
support, not booting current kernels.

  [ mingo: Fix no previous prototype for ‘microcode_loader_disabled’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] ]

Fixes: 4c585af7180c1 ("x86/boot/32: Temporarily map initrd for microcode loading")
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CANpbe9Wm3z8fy9HbgS8cuhoj0TREYEEkBipDuhgkWFvqX0UoVQ@mail.gmail.com
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Consolidate the whole logic which determines whether the microcode loader
should be enabled or not into a single function and call it everywhere.

Well, almost everywhere - not in mk_early_pgtbl_32() because there the kernel
is running without paging enabled and checking dis_ucode_ldr et al would
require physical addresses and uglification of the code.

But since this is 32-bit, the easier thing to do is to simply map the initrd
unconditionally especially since that mapping is getting removed later anyway
by zap_early_initrd_mapping() and avoid the uglification.

In doing so, address the issue of old 486er machines without CPUID
support, not booting current kernels.

  [ mingo: Fix no previous prototype for ‘microcode_loader_disabled’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] ]

Fixes: 4c585af7180c1 ("x86/boot/32: Temporarily map initrd for microcode loading")
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CANpbe9Wm3z8fy9HbgS8cuhoj0TREYEEkBipDuhgkWFvqX0UoVQ@mail.gmail.com
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<entry>
<title>x86/msr: Rename 'native_wrmsrl()' to 'native_wrmsrq()'</title>
<updated>2025-04-10T09:59:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-09T20:29:06+00:00</published>
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Suggested-by: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Xin Li &lt;xin@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Suggested-by: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Xin Li &lt;xin@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/microcode: Update the Intel processor flag scan check</title>
<updated>2025-03-19T10:19:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sohil Mehta</name>
<email>sohil.mehta@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-19T18:41:21+00:00</published>
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The Family model check to read the processor flag MSR is misleading and
potentially incorrect. It doesn't consider Family while comparing the
model number. The original check did have a Family number but it got
lost/moved during refactoring.

intel_collect_cpu_info() is called through multiple paths such as early
initialization, CPU hotplug as well as IFS image load. Some of these
flows would be error prone due to the ambiguous check.

Correct the processor flag scan check to use a Family number and update
it to a VFM based one to make it more readable.

Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta &lt;sohil.mehta@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250219184133.816753-4-sohil.mehta@intel.com
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The Family model check to read the processor flag MSR is misleading and
potentially incorrect. It doesn't consider Family while comparing the
model number. The original check did have a Family number but it got
lost/moved during refactoring.

intel_collect_cpu_info() is called through multiple paths such as early
initialization, CPU hotplug as well as IFS image load. Some of these
flows would be error prone due to the ambiguous check.

Correct the processor flag scan check to use a Family number and update
it to a VFM based one to make it more readable.

Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta &lt;sohil.mehta@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250219184133.816753-4-sohil.mehta@intel.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/microcode/intel: Remove unnecessary cache writeback and invalidation</title>
<updated>2024-10-25T16:12:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chang S. Bae</name>
<email>chang.seok.bae@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-01T16:10:36+00:00</published>
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Currently, an unconditional cache flush is performed during every
microcode update. Although the original changelog did not mention
a specific erratum, this measure was primarily intended to address
a specific microcode bug, the load of which has already been blocked by
is_blacklisted(). Therefore, this cache flush is no longer necessary.

Additionally, the side effects of doing this have been overlooked. It
increases CPU rendezvous time during late loading, where the cache flush
takes between 1x to 3.5x longer than the actual microcode update.

Remove native_wbinvd() and update the erratum name to align with the
latest errata documentation, document ID 334163 Version 022US.

  [ bp: Zap the flaky documentation URL. ]

Fixes: 91df9fdf5149 ("x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode")
Reported-by: Yan Hua Wu &lt;yanhua1.wu@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: William Xie &lt;william.xie@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae &lt;chang.seok.bae@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Acked-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Yan Hua Wu &lt;yanhua1.wu@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241001161042.465584-2-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
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Currently, an unconditional cache flush is performed during every
microcode update. Although the original changelog did not mention
a specific erratum, this measure was primarily intended to address
a specific microcode bug, the load of which has already been blocked by
is_blacklisted(). Therefore, this cache flush is no longer necessary.

Additionally, the side effects of doing this have been overlooked. It
increases CPU rendezvous time during late loading, where the cache flush
takes between 1x to 3.5x longer than the actual microcode update.

Remove native_wbinvd() and update the erratum name to align with the
latest errata documentation, document ID 334163 Version 022US.

  [ bp: Zap the flaky documentation URL. ]

Fixes: 91df9fdf5149 ("x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode")
Reported-by: Yan Hua Wu &lt;yanhua1.wu@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: William Xie &lt;william.xie@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae &lt;chang.seok.bae@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Acked-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Yan Hua Wu &lt;yanhua1.wu@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241001161042.465584-2-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/microcode/intel: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines</title>
<updated>2024-04-29T08:31:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tony Luck</name>
<email>tony.luck@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-24T18:15:13+00:00</published>
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New CPU #defines encode vendor and family as well as model.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240424181513.41829-1-tony.luck%40intel.com
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New CPU #defines encode vendor and family as well as model.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240424181513.41829-1-tony.luck%40intel.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/cpu/topology: Get rid of cpuinfo::x86_max_cores</title>
<updated>2024-02-16T14:51:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-13T21:06:16+00:00</published>
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Now that __num_cores_per_package and __num_threads_per_package are
available, cpuinfo::x86_max_cores and the related math all over the place
can be replaced with the ready to consume data.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Michael Kelley &lt;mhklinux@outlook.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sohil Mehta &lt;sohil.mehta@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213210253.176147806@linutronix.de
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Now that __num_cores_per_package and __num_threads_per_package are
available, cpuinfo::x86_max_cores and the related math all over the place
can be replaced with the ready to consume data.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Michael Kelley &lt;mhklinux@outlook.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sohil Mehta &lt;sohil.mehta@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213210253.176147806@linutronix.de
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/microcode/intel: Set new revision only after a successful update</title>
<updated>2023-12-03T10:49:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-01T13:35:06+00:00</published>
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This was meant to be done only when early microcode got updated
successfully. Move it into the if-branch.

Also, make sure the current revision is read unconditionally and only
once.

Fixes: 080990aa3344 ("x86/microcode: Rework early revisions reporting")
Reported-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZWjVt5dNRjbcvlzR@a4bf019067fa.jf.intel.com
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This was meant to be done only when early microcode got updated
successfully. Move it into the if-branch.

Also, make sure the current revision is read unconditionally and only
once.

Fixes: 080990aa3344 ("x86/microcode: Rework early revisions reporting")
Reported-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZWjVt5dNRjbcvlzR@a4bf019067fa.jf.intel.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/microcode/intel: Remove redundant microcode late updated message</title>
<updated>2023-12-01T17:52:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ashok Raj</name>
<email>ashok.raj@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-29T21:56:43+00:00</published>
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After successful update, the late loading routine prints an update
summary similar to:

  microcode: load: updated on 128 primary CPUs with 128 siblings
  microcode: revision: 0x21000170 -&gt; 0x21000190

Remove the redundant message in the Intel side of the driver.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZWjYhedNfhAUmt0k@a4bf019067fa.jf.intel.com
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After successful update, the late loading routine prints an update
summary similar to:

  microcode: load: updated on 128 primary CPUs with 128 siblings
  microcode: revision: 0x21000170 -&gt; 0x21000190

Remove the redundant message in the Intel side of the driver.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj &lt;ashok.raj@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZWjYhedNfhAUmt0k@a4bf019067fa.jf.intel.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/microcode: Rework early revisions reporting</title>
<updated>2023-11-21T15:35:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-15T21:02:12+00:00</published>
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The AMD side of the loader issues the microcode revision for each
logical thread on the system, which can become really noisy on huge
machines. And doing that doesn't make a whole lot of sense - the
microcode revision is already in /proc/cpuinfo.

So in case one is interested in the theoretical support of mixed silicon
steppings on AMD, one can check there.

What is also missing on the AMD side - something which people have
requested before - is showing the microcode revision the CPU had
*before* the early update.

So abstract that up in the main code and have the BSP on each vendor
provide those revision numbers.

Then, dump them only once on driver init.

On Intel, do not dump the patch date - it is not needed.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg=%2B8rceshMkB4VnKxmRccVLtBLPBawnewZuuqyx5U=3A@mail.gmail.com
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The AMD side of the loader issues the microcode revision for each
logical thread on the system, which can become really noisy on huge
machines. And doing that doesn't make a whole lot of sense - the
microcode revision is already in /proc/cpuinfo.

So in case one is interested in the theoretical support of mixed silicon
steppings on AMD, one can check there.

What is also missing on the AMD side - something which people have
requested before - is showing the microcode revision the CPU had
*before* the early update.

So abstract that up in the main code and have the BSP on each vendor
provide those revision numbers.

Then, dump them only once on driver init.

On Intel, do not dump the patch date - it is not needed.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg=%2B8rceshMkB4VnKxmRccVLtBLPBawnewZuuqyx5U=3A@mail.gmail.com
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