linux-kernel - Re: lockup when C1E and high-resolution timers enabled

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Message-ID: <20150615075437.GC4255@pd.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 2015 09:54:37 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Christoph Fritz <chf.fritz@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ra.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: lockup when C1E and high-resolution timers enabled

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 01:05:07AM +0200, Christoph Fritz wrote:
> > > already using latest microcode:
> > > 
> > > [    0.514490] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514497] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514508] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514519] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514529] microcode: CPU4: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514540] microcode: CPU5: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514550] microcode: CPU6: patch_level=0x06000822
> > > [    0.514561] microcode: CPU7: patch_level=0x06000822
> > 
> > This is not the latest microcode.
> 
> > so what changed?
> 
> nice catch, my bad -- forgot to post all microcode messages.
> 
> $ dmesg | grep microcode:
> [    0.514422] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514429] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514440] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514450] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514460] microcode: CPU4: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514493] microcode: CPU5: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514502] microcode: CPU6: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514513] microcode: CPU7: patch_level=0x06000822
> [    0.514557] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
> [    3.909642] microcode: CPU0: new patch_level=0x06000832
> [    3.940694] microcode: CPU2: new patch_level=0x06000832
> [    3.955187] microcode: CPU4: new patch_level=0x06000832
> [    3.963403] microcode: CPU6: new patch_level=0x06000832

Just to rule out the aspect that your issue might be fixed by microcode
but that microcode needs to be loaded early, can you enable the early
microcode loader, put the microcode in initrd as described here:

Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt

and retry?

I'm working on having it built-in too, in the case where people don't
use initrd, but that's 64-bit only for now.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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