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Documentation/microcode: Document some aspects for more clarity

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Document that builtin microcode is 64-bit only. Also, improve/add
comments to places.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465225850-7352-10-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Borislav Petkov 2016-06-06 17:10:50 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent a13004a244
commit 9f3cc2a077
2 changed files with 13 additions and 8 deletions
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Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
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@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ Builtin microcode
=================
We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware
builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Here's an example:
builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Only 64-bit is currently
supported.
Here's an example:
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin"

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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
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@ -40,9 +40,13 @@
#include <asm/msr.h>
/*
* Temporary microcode blobs pointers storage. We note here the pointers to
* microcode blobs we've got from whatever storage (detached initrd, builtin).
* Later on, we put those into final storage mc_saved_data.mc_saved.
* Temporary microcode blobs pointers storage. We note here during early load
* the pointers to microcode blobs we've got from whatever storage (detached
* initrd, builtin). Later on, we put those into final storage
* mc_saved_data.mc_saved.
*
* Important: those are offsets from the beginning of initrd or absolute
* addresses within the kernel image when built-in.
*/
static unsigned long mc_tmp_ptrs[MAX_UCODE_COUNT];
@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ static struct ucode_blobs {
bool valid;
} blobs;
/* Go through saved patches and find the one suitable for the current CPU. */
static enum ucode_state
find_microcode_patch(struct microcode_intel **saved,
unsigned int num_saved, struct ucode_cpu_info *uci)
@ -466,6 +471,7 @@ static void show_saved_mc(void)
static void save_mc_for_early(u8 *mc)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
/* Synchronization during CPU hotplug. */
static DEFINE_MUTEX(x86_cpu_microcode_mutex);
struct microcode_intel *mc_saved_tmp[MAX_UCODE_COUNT];
@ -474,10 +480,6 @@ static void save_mc_for_early(u8 *mc)
struct microcode_intel **mc_saved;
int ret, i;
/*
* Hold hotplug lock so mc_saved_data is not accessed by a CPU in
* hotplug.
*/
mutex_lock(&x86_cpu_microcode_mutex);
mc_saved_count_init = mc_saved_data.num_saved;