On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 08:38:40AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> From: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> IFS is a CPU feature that allows a binary blob, similar to microcode,
> to be loaded and consumed to perform low level validation of CPU
> circuitry. In fact, it carries the same Processor Signature
> (family/model/stepping) details that are contained in Intel microcode
> blobs.
>
> In support of an IFS driver to trigger loading, validation, and running
> of these tests blobs, make the functionality of cpu_signatures_match()
> and collect_cpu_info_early() available outside of the microcode driver.
>
> Add an "intel_" prefix and drop the "_early" suffix from
> collect_cpu_info_early() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() it. Add
> declaration to x86 <asm/cpu.h>
>
> Make cpu_signatures_match() an inline function in x86 <asm/cpu.h>,
> and also give it an "intel_" prefix.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@xxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h | 18 ++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 32 +++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 59 ++++-----------------------
> 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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