[PATCH 4.14 087/138] x86/CPU: Check CPU feature bits after microcode upgrade

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4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

commit 42ca8082e260dcfd8afa2afa6ec1940b9d41724c upstream.

With some microcode upgrades, new CPUID features can become visible on
the CPU. Check what the kernel has mirrored now and issue a warning
hinting at possible things the user/admin can do to make use of the
newly visible features.

Originally-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180216112640.11554-4-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1732,5 +1732,25 @@ core_initcall(init_cpu_syscore);
  */
 void microcode_check(void)
 {
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 info;
+
 	perf_check_microcode();
+
+	/* Reload CPUID max function as it might've changed. */
+	info.cpuid_level = cpuid_eax(0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy all capability leafs to pick up the synthetic ones so that
+	 * memcmp() below doesn't fail on that. The ones coming from CPUID will
+	 * get overwritten in get_cpu_cap().
+	 */
+	memcpy(&info.x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability, sizeof(info.x86_capability));
+
+	get_cpu_cap(&info);
+
+	if (!memcmp(&info.x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability, sizeof(info.x86_capability)))
+		return;
+
+	pr_warn("x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode, but might not take effect.\n");
+	pr_warn("x86/CPU: Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.\n");
 }





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