aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c16
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c2
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index e7410e98fc1f..3a35dec3ec55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -440,7 +440,13 @@ apply_microcode_early_amd(u32 cpuid_1_eax, void *ucode, size_t size, bool save_p
return ret;
native_rdmsr(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, rev, dummy);
- if (rev >= mc->hdr.patch_id)
+
+ /*
+ * Allow application of the same revision to pick up SMT-specific
+ * changes even if the revision of the other SMT thread is already
+ * up-to-date.
+ */
+ if (rev > mc->hdr.patch_id)
return ret;
if (!__apply_microcode_amd(mc)) {
@@ -528,8 +534,12 @@ void load_ucode_amd_ap(unsigned int cpuid_1_eax)
native_rdmsr(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, rev, dummy);
- /* Check whether we have saved a new patch already: */
- if (*new_rev && rev < mc->hdr.patch_id) {
+ /*
+ * Check whether a new patch has been saved already. Also, allow application of
+ * the same revision in order to pick up SMT-thread-specific configuration even
+ * if the sibling SMT thread already has an up-to-date revision.
+ */
+ if (*new_rev && rev <= mc->hdr.patch_id) {
if (!__apply_microcode_amd(mc)) {
*new_rev = mc->hdr.patch_id;
return;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 1fcbd671f1df..fdd2c4a754ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
kvec.iov_base = (void *)firmware->data;
kvec.iov_len = firmware->size;
- iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &kvec, 1, firmware->size);
+ iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &kvec, 1, firmware->size);
ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, &iter);
release_firmware(firmware);