linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/microcode: Fix the microcode load on CPU hotplug for real

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:31:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Fix the microcode load on CPU hotplug for
 real

A recent change moved the microcode loader hotplug callback into the early
startup phase, which is running with interrupts disabled. It missed that
the callbacks invoke sysfs functions which might sleep causing nice 'might
sleep' splats with proper debugging enabled.

Split the callbacks and only load the microcode in the early startup phase
and move the sysfs handling back into the later threaded and preemptible
bringup phase where it was before.

Fixes: 78f4e932f776 ("x86/microcode, cpuhotplug: Add a microcode loader CPU hotplug callback")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c |   15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -789,13 +789,16 @@ static struct syscore_ops mc_syscore_ops
 	.resume			= mc_bp_resume,
 };
 
-static int mc_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
+static int mc_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
 	microcode_update_cpu(cpu);
 	pr_debug("CPU%d added\n", cpu);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int mc_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
 
 	if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group))
 		pr_err("Failed to create group for CPU%d\n", cpu);
@@ -872,7 +875,9 @@ int __init microcode_init(void)
 		goto out_ucode_group;
 
 	register_syscore_ops(&mc_syscore_ops);
-	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_MICROCODE_LOADER, "x86/microcode:online",
+	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_MICROCODE_LOADER, "x86/microcode:starting",
+				  mc_cpu_starting, NULL);
+	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "x86/microcode:online",
 				  mc_cpu_online, mc_cpu_down_prep);
 
 	pr_info("Microcode Update Driver: v%s.", DRIVER_VERSION);