4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
commit 09e182d17e8891dd73baba961a0f5a82e9274c97 upstream.
Vitezslav reported a case where the
"Timeout during microcode update!"
panic would hit. After a deeper look, it turned out that his .config had
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU disabled which practically made save_mc_for_early() a
no-op.
When that happened, the discovered microcode patch wasn't saved into the
cache and the late loading path wouldn't find any.
This, then, lead to early exit from __reload_late() and thus CPUs waiting
until the timeout is reached, leading to the panic.
In hindsight, that function should have been written so it does not return
before the post-synchronization. Oh well, I know better now...
Fixes: bb8c13d61a62 ("x86/microcode: Fix CPU synchronization routine")
Reported-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180418081140.GA2439@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180421081930.15741-2-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -564,14 +564,12 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
apply_microcode_local(&err);
spin_unlock(&update_lock);
+ /* siblings return UCODE_OK because their engine got updated already */
if (err > UCODE_NFOUND) {
pr_warn("Error reloading microcode on CPU %d\n", cpu);
- return -1;
- /* siblings return UCODE_OK because their engine got updated already */
+ ret = -1;
} else if (err == UCODE_UPDATED || err == UCODE_OK) {
ret = 1;
- } else {
- return ret;
}
/*
