x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads
authorAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:28:41 +0000 (11:28 +0100)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:19:25 +0000 (10:19 +0100)
commitc182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed
treedd43afcf1c29fba71f5c3fbf680de823a9daa2d5
parent854857f5944c59a881ff607b37ed9ed41d031a3b
x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads

After updating microcode on one of the threads of a core, the other
thread sibling automatically gets the update since the microcode
resources on a hyperthreaded core are shared between the two threads.

Check the microcode revision on the CPU before performing a microcode
update and thus save us the WRMSR 0x79 because it is a particularly
expensive operation.

[ Borislav: Massage changelog and coding style. ]

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519352533-15992-2-git-send-email-ashok.raj@intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-3-bp@alien8.de
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c