This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/microcode: Fix CPU synchronization routine
to the 4.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-microcode-fix-cpu-synchronization-routine.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From bb8c13d61a629276a162c1d2b1a20a815cbcfbb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:36:15 +0100
Subject: x86/microcode: Fix CPU synchronization routine
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
commit bb8c13d61a629276a162c1d2b1a20a815cbcfbb7 upstream.
Emanuel reported an issue with a hang during microcode update because my
dumb idea to use one atomic synchronization variable for both rendezvous
- before and after update - was simply bollocks:
microcode: microcode_reload_late: late_cpus: 4
microcode: __reload_late: cpu 2 entered
microcode: __reload_late: cpu 1 entered
microcode: __reload_late: cpu 3 entered
microcode: __reload_late: cpu 0 entered
microcode: __reload_late: cpu 1 left
microcode: Timeout while waiting for CPUs rendezvous, remaining: 1
CPU1 above would finish, leave and the others will still spin waiting for
it to join.
So do two synchronization atomics instead, which makes the code a lot more
straightforward.
Also, since the update is serialized and it also takes quite some time per
microcode engine, increase the exit timeout by the number of CPUs on the
system.
That's ok because the moment all CPUs are done, that timeout will be cut
short.
Furthermore, panic when some of the CPUs timeout when returning from a
microcode update: we can't allow a system with not all cores updated.
Also, as an optimization, do not do the exit sync if microcode wasn't
updated.
Reported-by: Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Emanuel Czirai <xftroxgpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180314183615.17629-2-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -517,7 +517,29 @@ static int check_online_cpus(void)
return -EINVAL;
}
-static atomic_t late_cpus;
+static atomic_t late_cpus_in;
+static atomic_t late_cpus_out;
+
+static int __wait_for_cpus(atomic_t *t, long long timeout)
+{
+ int all_cpus = num_online_cpus();
+
+ atomic_inc(t);
+
+ while (atomic_read(t) < all_cpus) {
+ if (timeout < SPINUNIT) {
+ pr_err("Timeout while waiting for CPUs rendezvous, remaining: %d\n",
+ all_cpus - atomic_read(t));
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ ndelay(SPINUNIT);
+ timeout -= SPINUNIT;
+
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
/*
* Returns:
@@ -527,30 +549,16 @@ static atomic_t late_cpus;
*/
static int __reload_late(void *info)
{
- unsigned int timeout = NSEC_PER_SEC;
- int all_cpus = num_online_cpus();
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
enum ucode_state err;
int ret = 0;
- atomic_dec(&late_cpus);
-
/*
* Wait for all CPUs to arrive. A load will not be attempted unless all
* CPUs show up.
* */
- while (atomic_read(&late_cpus)) {
- if (timeout < SPINUNIT) {
- pr_err("Timeout while waiting for CPUs rendezvous, remaining: %d\n",
- atomic_read(&late_cpus));
- return -1;
- }
-
- ndelay(SPINUNIT);
- timeout -= SPINUNIT;
-
- touch_nmi_watchdog();
- }
+ if (__wait_for_cpus(&late_cpus_in, NSEC_PER_SEC))
+ return -1;
spin_lock(&update_lock);
apply_microcode_local(&err);
@@ -558,15 +566,22 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
if (err > UCODE_NFOUND) {
pr_warn("Error reloading microcode on CPU %d\n", cpu);
- ret = -1;
- } else if (err == UCODE_UPDATED) {
+ return -1;
+ /* siblings return UCODE_OK because their engine got updated already */
+ } else if (err == UCODE_UPDATED || err == UCODE_OK) {
ret = 1;
+ } else {
+ return ret;
}
- atomic_inc(&late_cpus);
-
- while (atomic_read(&late_cpus) != all_cpus)
- cpu_relax();
+ /*
+ * Increase the wait timeout to a safe value here since we're
+ * serializing the microcode update and that could take a while on a
+ * large number of CPUs. And that is fine as the *actual* timeout will
+ * be determined by the last CPU finished updating and thus cut short.
+ */
+ if (__wait_for_cpus(&late_cpus_out, NSEC_PER_SEC * num_online_cpus()))
+ panic("Timeout during microcode update!\n");
return ret;
}
@@ -579,12 +594,11 @@ static int microcode_reload_late(void)
{
int ret;
- atomic_set(&late_cpus, num_online_cpus());
+ atomic_set(&late_cpus_in, 0);
+ atomic_set(&late_cpus_out, 0);
ret = stop_machine_cpuslocked(__reload_late, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
- else if (ret > 0)
+ if (ret > 0)
microcode_check();
return ret;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bp@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-intel-check-microcode-revision-before-updating-sibling-threads.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-attempt-late-loading-only-when-new-microcode-is-present.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-propagate-return-value-from-updating-functions.patch
queue-4.15/x86-cpu-check-cpu-feature-bits-after-microcode-upgrade.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-intel-writeback-and-invalidate-caches-before-updating-microcode.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-intel-look-into-the-patch-cache-first.patch
queue-4.15/edac-mv64x60-fix-an-error-handling-path.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-request-microcode-on-the-bsp.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-get-rid-of-struct-apply_microcode_ctx.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-fix-cpu-synchronization-routine.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-synchronize-late-microcode-loading.patch
queue-4.15/x86-microcode-do-not-upload-microcode-if-cpus-are-offline.patch
queue-4.15/x86-cpu-add-a-microcode-loader-callback.patch