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author | Ashok Raj <[email protected]> | 2018-02-28 11:28:42 +0100 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> | 2018-03-08 10:19:25 +0100 |
commit | 91df9fdf51492aec9fed6b4cbd33160886740f47 (patch) | |
tree | 940c5fe62a3610aaa1c1b954c151b41fa02de41d /tools/perf/scripts/python/check-perf-trace.py | |
parent | c182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed (diff) |
x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode
Updating microcode is less error prone when caches have been flushed and
depending on what exactly the microcode is updating. For example, some
of the issues around certain Broadwell parts can be addressed by doing a
full cache flush.
[ Borislav: Massage it and use native_wbinvd() in both cases. ]
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <[email protected]>
Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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