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x86/microcode: Do not upload microcode if CPUs are offline
authorAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:28:43 +0000 (11:28 +0100)
committerBrian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
Wed, 5 Sep 2018 17:12:32 +0000 (13:12 -0400)
commiteb9dd6f83aeda5e90e13a5e91f8f4d845dee943e
tree7949d24ee5922fbacbf0a87d002f39089cbf15fe
parent276f0d55552706a4a22a244f4bde02e5c693be1c
x86/microcode: Do not upload microcode if CPUs are offline

Avoid loading microcode if any of the CPUs are offline, and issue a
warning. Having different microcode revisions on the system at any time
is outright dangerous.

[ Borislav: Massage changelog. ]

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>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519352533-15992-4-git-send-email-ashok.raj@intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-5-bp@alien8.de
(cherry picked from commit 30ec26da9967d0d785abc24073129a34c3211777)

Needed for the next cherry-picked commit "x86/microcode: Allow late microcode loading with SMT disabled".

Orabug: 28488808
CVE: CVE-2018-3620

Signed-off-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
Contextual

Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c