In arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c::generic_load_microcode()
we have this:
while (leftover) {
...
if (get_ucode_data(mc, ucode_ptr, mc_size) ||
microcode_sanity_check(mc) < 0) {
vfree(mc);
break;
}
...
}
if (mc)
vfree(mc);
This will cause a double free of 'mc'. This patch fixes that by
just removing the vfree() call in the loop since 'mc' will be
freed nicely just after we break out of the loop.
There's also a second change in the patch. I noticed a lot of
checks for pointers being NULL before passing them to vfree().
That's completely redundant since vfree() deals gracefully with
being passed a NULL pointer. Removing the redundant checks
yields a nice size decrease for the object file.
Size before the patch:
text data bss dec hex filename
4578 240 1032 5850 16da arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.o
Size after the patch:
text data bss dec hex filename
4489 240 984 5713 1651 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.o
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Acked-by: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1012251946100.10759@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
The patch below updates broken web addresses in the arch directory.
Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Reviewed-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
We've noticed that on large SGI UV system configurations,
running microcode.ctl can take very long periods of time. This
is due to the large number of vmalloc/vfree calls made by the
Intel generic_load_microcode() logic.
By reusing allocated space, the following patch reduces the time
to run microcode.ctl on a 1024 cpu system from approximately 80
seconds down to 1 or 2 seconds.
Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100305174203.GA19638@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
LKML-Reference: <1265478443-31072-10-git-send-email-elendil@planet.nl>
[ Left out the KVM bits. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
- Use #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
- Remove "microcode: " prefix from each pr_<level>
- Fix duplicated KERN_ERR prefix
- Coalesce pr_<level> format strings
- Add a space after an exclamation point
No other change in output.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
LKML-Reference: <1260340250.27677.191.camel@Joe-Laptop.home>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* Solve issues described in 6f66cbc630
in a way that doesn't resort to set_cpus_allowed();
* in fact, only collect_cpu_info and apply_microcode callbacks
must run on a target cpu, others will do just fine on any other.
smp_call_function_single() (as suggested by Ingo) is used to run
these callbacks on a target cpu.
* cleanup of synchronization logic of the 'microcode_core' part
The generic 'microcode_core' part guarantees that only a single cpu
(be it a full-fledged cpu, one of the cores or HT)
is being updated at any particular moment of time.
In general, there is no need for any additional sync. mechanism in
arch-specific parts (the patch removes existing spinlocks).
See also the "Synchronization" section in microcode_core.c.
* return -EINVAL instead of -1 (which is translated into -EPERM) in
microcode_write(), reload_cpu() and mc_sysdev_add(). Other suggestions
for an error code?
* use 'enum ucode_state' as return value of request_microcode_{fw, user}
to gain more flexibility by distinguishing between real error cases
and situations when an appropriate ucode was not found (which is not an
error per-se).
* some minor cleanups
Thanks a lot to Hugh Dickins for review/suggestions/testing!
Reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124025889012541&w=2
[ Impact: refactor and clean up microcode driver locking code ]
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Cc: Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
LKML-Reference: <1242078507.5560.9.camel@earth>
[ did some more cleanups ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h | 25 ++
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c | 58 ++----
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 326 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c | 92 +++-------
4 files changed, 261 insertions(+), 240 deletions(-)
(~20 new comment lines)
Impact: fix deadlock
This is in response to the following bug report:
Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12100
Subject : resume (S2R) broken by Intel microcode module, on A110L
Submitter : Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Date : 2008-11-25 08:48 (19 days old)
Handled-By : Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
[ The deadlock scenario has been discovered by Andreas Mohr ]
I think I might have a logical explanation why the system:
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12100)
might hang upon resuming, OTOH it should have likely hanged each and every time.
(1) possible deadlock in microcode_resume_cpu() if either 'if' section is
taken;
(2) now, I don't see it in spec. and can't experimentally verify it (newer
ucodes don't seem to be available for my Core2duo)... but logically-wise, I'd
think that when read upon resuming, the 'microcode revision' (MSR 0x8B) should
be back to its original one (we need to reload ucode anyway so it doesn't seem
logical if a cpu doesn't drop the version)... if so, the comparison with
memcmp() for the full 'struct cpu_signature' is wrong... and that's how one of
the aforementioned 'if' sections might have been triggered - leading to a
deadlock.
Obviously, in my tests I simulated loading/resuming with the ucode of the same
version (just to see that the file is loaded/re-loaded upon resuming) so this
issue has never popped up.
I'd appreciate if someone with an appropriate system might give a try to the
2nd patch (titled "fix a comparison && deadlock...").
In any case, the deadlock situation is a must-have fix.
Reported-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Impact: make global variables and a function static
Fix following sparse warnings:
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:102:22: warning: symbol
'microcode_ops' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:206:24: warning: symbol
'microcode_pdev' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:322:6: warning: symbol
'microcode_update_cpu' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c:468:22: warning: symbol
'microcode_intel_ops' was not declared. Should it be static?
Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder <hannes@hanneseder.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Combine both generic and arch-specific parts of microcode into a
single module (arch-specific parts are config-dependent).
Also while we are at it, move arch-specific parts from microcode.h
into their respective arch-specific .c files.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Cc: "Peter Oruba" <peter.oruba@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
this is a rework of the microcode splitup in tip/x86/microcode
(1) I think this new interface is cleaner (look at the changes
in 'struct microcode_ops' in microcode.h);
(2) it's -64 lines of code;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
This is the 1st patch in the series. Here the aim was to avoid any
significant changes, logically-wise.
So it's mainly about generic interface refactoring: e.g. make
microcode_{intel,amd}.c more about arch-specific details and less
about policies like make-sure-we-run-on-a-target-cpu
(no more set_cpus_allowed_ptr() here) and generic synchronization (no
more microcode_mutex here).
All in all, more line have been deleted than added.
4 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Don't use get_cpu() at all. Resort to checking a boot-up CPU (#0) in
microcode_{intel,amd}_module_init().
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
The microcode stores its date in a uint32_t in some weird order
approximating pdp-endian. Rather than printing it like that, print it
properly in ISO standard form.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Refactored code by introducing a two-module solution.
There is one general module in which vendor specific modules can hook into.
However, that is exclusive, there is only one vendor specific module
allowed at a time. A CPU vendor check makes sure only the correct
module for the underlying system gets called.
Functinally in terms of patch loading itself there are no changes. This
refactoring provides a basis for future implementations of other vendors'
patch loaders.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com>
Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Renamed common structures to vendor specific naming scheme
so other vendors will be able to use the same naming
convention.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com>
Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Split off existing code into two seperate files. One file holds general
code, the other file vendor specific parts.
No functional changes, only refactoring.
Temporarily Introduced a new module name 'ucode' for result,
due to already taken name 'microcode'.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com>
Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
