From 9a819753b0209c6edebdea447a1aa53e8c697653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Chang S. Bae" Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 09:10:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode/intel: Remove unnecessary cache writeback and invalidation Currently, an unconditional cache flush is performed during every microcode update. Although the original changelog did not mention a specific erratum, this measure was primarily intended to address a specific microcode bug, the load of which has already been blocked by is_blacklisted(). Therefore, this cache flush is no longer necessary. Additionally, the side effects of doing this have been overlooked. It increases CPU rendezvous time during late loading, where the cache flush takes between 1x to 3.5x longer than the actual microcode update. Remove native_wbinvd() and update the erratum name to align with the latest errata documentation, document ID 334163 Version 022US. [ bp: Zap the flaky documentation URL. ] Fixes: 91df9fdf5149 ("x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode") Reported-by: Yan Hua Wu Reported-by: William Xie Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Acked-by: Ashok Raj Tested-by: Yan Hua Wu Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241001161042.465584-2-chang.seok.bae@intel.com --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c index 815fa67356a2..f3d534807d91 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -319,12 +319,6 @@ static enum ucode_state __apply_microcode(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, return UCODE_OK; } - /* - * Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode to avoid - * internal issues depending on what the microcode is updating. - */ - native_wbinvd(); - /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); @@ -574,14 +568,14 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu) /* * Late loading on model 79 with microcode revision less than 0x0b000021 * and LLC size per core bigger than 2.5MB may result in a system hang. - * This behavior is documented in item BDF90, #334165 (Intel Xeon + * This behavior is documented in item BDX90, #334165 (Intel Xeon * Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 Product Family). */ if (c->x86_vfm == INTEL_BROADWELL_X && c->x86_stepping == 0x01 && llc_size_per_core > 2621440 && c->microcode < 0x0b000021) { - pr_err_once("Erratum BDF90: late loading with revision < 0x0b000021 (0x%x) disabled.\n", c->microcode); + pr_err_once("Erratum BDX90: late loading with revision < 0x0b000021 (0x%x) disabled.\n", c->microcode); pr_err_once("Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.\n"); return true; }