This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/microcode: Get rid of struct apply_microcode_ctx
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-get-rid-of-struct-apply_microcode_ctx.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 854857f5944c59a881ff607b37ed9ed41d031a3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:28:40 +0100
Subject: x86/microcode: Get rid of struct apply_microcode_ctx
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
commit 854857f5944c59a881ff607b37ed9ed41d031a3b upstream.
It is a useless remnant from earlier times. Use the ucode_state enum
directly.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-2-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -373,26 +373,23 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu)
return ret;
}
-struct apply_microcode_ctx {
- enum ucode_state err;
-};
-
static void apply_microcode_local(void *arg)
{
- struct apply_microcode_ctx *ctx = arg;
+ enum ucode_state *err = arg;
- ctx->err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(smp_processor_id());
+ *err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(smp_processor_id());
}
static int apply_microcode_on_target(int cpu)
{
- struct apply_microcode_ctx ctx = { .err = 0 };
+ enum ucode_state err;
int ret;
- ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, apply_microcode_local, &ctx, 1);
- if (!ret)
- ret = ctx.err;
-
+ ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, apply_microcode_local, &err, 1);
+ if (!ret) {
+ if (err == UCODE_ERROR)
+ ret = 1;
+ }
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