Gleixner:
- Restructure the code needed for it and add a temporary initrd mapping
on 32-bit so that the loader can access the microcode blobs. This in
itself is a preparation for the next major improvement:
- Do not load microcode on 32-bit before paging has been enabled.
Handling this has caused an endless stream of headaches, issues, ugly
code and unnecessary hacks in the past. And there really wasn't any
sensible reason to do that in the first place. So switch the 32-bit
loading to happen after paging has been enabled and turn the loader
code "real purrty" again
- Drop mixed microcode steppings loading on Intel - there, a single patch
loaded on the whole system is sufficient
- Rework late loading to track which CPUs have updated microcode
successfully and which haven't, act accordingly
- Move late microcode loading on Intel in NMI context in order to
guarantee concurrent loading on all threads
- Make the late loading CPU-hotplug-safe and have the offlined threads
be woken up for the purpose of the update
- Add support for a minimum revision which determines whether late
microcode loading is safe on a machine and the microcode does not
change software visible features which the machine cannot use anyway
since feature detection has happened already. Roughly, the minimum
revision is the smallest revision number which must be loaded
currently on the system so that late updates can be allowed
- Other nice leanups, fixess, etc all over the place
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Merge tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.7_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 microcode loading updates from Borislac Petkov:
"Major microcode loader restructuring, cleanup and improvements by
Thomas Gleixner:
- Restructure the code needed for it and add a temporary initrd
mapping on 32-bit so that the loader can access the microcode
blobs. This in itself is a preparation for the next major
improvement:
- Do not load microcode on 32-bit before paging has been enabled.
Handling this has caused an endless stream of headaches, issues,
ugly code and unnecessary hacks in the past. And there really
wasn't any sensible reason to do that in the first place. So switch
the 32-bit loading to happen after paging has been enabled and turn
the loader code "real purrty" again
- Drop mixed microcode steppings loading on Intel - there, a single
patch loaded on the whole system is sufficient
- Rework late loading to track which CPUs have updated microcode
successfully and which haven't, act accordingly
- Move late microcode loading on Intel in NMI context in order to
guarantee concurrent loading on all threads
- Make the late loading CPU-hotplug-safe and have the offlined
threads be woken up for the purpose of the update
- Add support for a minimum revision which determines whether late
microcode loading is safe on a machine and the microcode does not
change software visible features which the machine cannot use
anyway since feature detection has happened already. Roughly, the
minimum revision is the smallest revision number which must be
loaded currently on the system so that late updates can be allowed
- Other nice leanups, fixess, etc all over the place"
* tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.7_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (40 commits)
x86/microcode/intel: Add a minimum required revision for late loading
x86/microcode: Prepare for minimal revision check
x86/microcode: Handle "offline" CPUs correctly
x86/apic: Provide apic_force_nmi_on_cpu()
x86/microcode: Protect against instrumentation
x86/microcode: Rendezvous and load in NMI
x86/microcode: Replace the all-in-one rendevous handler
x86/microcode: Provide new control functions
x86/microcode: Add per CPU control field
x86/microcode: Add per CPU result state
x86/microcode: Sanitize __wait_for_cpus()
x86/microcode: Clarify the late load logic
x86/microcode: Handle "nosmt" correctly
x86/microcode: Clean up mc_cpu_down_prep()
x86/microcode: Get rid of the schedule work indirection
x86/microcode: Mop up early loading leftovers
x86/microcode/amd: Use cached microcode for AP load
x86/microcode/amd: Cache builtin/initrd microcode early
x86/microcode/amd: Cache builtin microcode too
x86/microcode/amd: Use correct per CPU ucode_cpu_info
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