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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:27:48 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     bp@...e.de, mingo@...nel.org, luto@...nel.org, brgerst@...il.com,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        hpa@...or.com, dvlasenk@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode: Run the AP-loading routine only
 on the application processors

Commit-ID:  777284b66f2326c7cb4c541e2224b638b562a9d3
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/777284b66f2326c7cb4c541e2224b638b562a9d3
Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:55:11 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:28:57 +0200

x86/microcode: Run the AP-loading routine only on the application processors

cpu_init() is run also on the BSP (in addition to the APs):

 x86_64_start_kernel
 |-> x86_64_start_reservations
 |-> start_kernel
 |-> trap_init
 |-> cpu_init
 |-> load_ucode_ap
 ...

but we run the AP (Application Processors) microcode loading routine
there too even though we have a BSP-specific routine for that:
load_ucode_bsp().

Which is unnecessary. So let's limit the AP microcode loading routine to
the APs only.

Remove a useless comment while at it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161025095522.11964-2-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c        | 7 ++-----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 9bd910a..1a1d668 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1462,11 +1462,8 @@ void cpu_init(void)
 	 */
 	cr4_init_shadow();
 
-	/*
-	 * Load microcode on this cpu if a valid microcode is available.
-	 * This is early microcode loading procedure.
-	 */
-	load_ucode_ap();
+	if (cpu)
+		load_ucode_ap();
 
 	t = &per_cpu(cpu_tss, cpu);
 	oist = &per_cpu(orig_ist, cpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 620ab06..6b3929e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -357,17 +357,12 @@ static void __init get_bsp_sig(void)
 #else
 void load_ucode_amd_ap(void)
 {
-	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct equiv_cpu_entry *eq;
 	struct microcode_amd *mc;
 	u8 *cont = container;
 	u32 rev, eax;
 	u16 eq_id;
 
-	/* Exit if called on the BSP. */
-	if (!cpu)
-		return;
-
 	if (!container)
 		return;