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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c index 923054a6b760..87bd6dc94081 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -589,6 +589,17 @@ static int apply_microcode_early(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, bool early) if (!mc) return 0; + /* + * Save us the MSR write below - which is a particular expensive + * operation - when the other hyperthread has updated the microcode + * already. + */ + rev = intel_get_microcode_revision(); + if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) { + uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev; + return UCODE_OK; + } + /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); @@ -776,7 +787,7 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu) { struct microcode_intel *mc; struct ucode_cpu_info *uci; - struct cpuinfo_x86 *c; + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu); static int prev_rev; u32 rev; @@ -793,6 +804,18 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu) return UCODE_NFOUND; } + /* + * Save us the MSR write below - which is a particular expensive + * operation - when the other hyperthread has updated the microcode + * already. + */ + rev = intel_get_microcode_revision(); + if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) { + uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev; + c->microcode = rev; + return UCODE_OK; + } + /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); @@ -813,8 +836,6 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu) prev_rev = rev; } - c = &cpu_data(cpu); - uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev; c->microcode = rev; |