linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpu/AMD: Apply the Erratum 688 fix when the BIOS doesn't

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Date:   Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:04:29 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     hpa@...or.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org, Yazen.Ghannam@....com, mirh@...tonmail.ch,
        sherry.hurwitz@....com, bp@...e.de, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpu/AMD: Apply the Erratum 688 fix when the
 BIOS doesn't

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 05:16:29AM -0700, tip-bot for Borislav Petkov wrote:
> +static void __fix_erratum_688(void *info)
> +{
> +#define MSR_AMD64_IC_CFG 0xC0011021
> +
> +	msr_set_bit(MSR_AMD64_IC_CFG, 3);
> +	msr_set_bit(MSR_AMD64_IC_CFG, 14);

I realize this is an erratum work around, but would it be too much to
ask for a small comment explaining the magic values?

> +}
> +
> +/* Apply erratum 688 fix so machines without a BIOS fix work. */
> +static __init void fix_erratum_688(void)
> +{
> +	struct pci_dev *F4;
> +	u32 val;
> +
> +	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 != 0x14)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (!amd_northbridges.num)
> +		return;
> +
> +	F4 = node_to_amd_nb(0)->link;
> +	if (!F4)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (pci_read_config_dword(F4, 0x164, &val))
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (val & BIT(2))
> +		return;
> +
> +	on_each_cpu(__fix_erratum_688, NULL, 0);
> +
> +	pr_info("x86/cpu/AMD: CPU erratum 688 worked around\n");

Except for all CPUs that were not online at this point in time... So
suppose I boot with a limited number of CPUs and then later bring up the
rest, bad things happen.