[PATCH v8 26/38] x86/CPU/AMD: Make the microcode level available earlier in the boot

Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky at amd.com
Tue Jun 27 08:00:45 PDT 2017


Move the setting of the cpuinfo_x86.microcode field from amd_init() to
early_amd_init() so that it is available earlier in the boot process. This
avoids having to read MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL directly during early boot.

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky at amd.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 5bdcbd4..fdcf305 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -547,8 +547,12 @@ static void bsp_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
+	u32 dummy;
+
 	early_init_amd_mc(c);
 
+	rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, &c->microcode, &dummy);
+
 	/*
 	 * c->x86_power is 8000_0007 edx. Bit 8 is TSC runs at constant rate
 	 * with P/T states and does not stop in deep C-states
@@ -746,8 +750,6 @@ static void init_amd_bd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
-	u32 dummy;
-
 	early_init_amd(c);
 
 	/*
@@ -809,8 +811,6 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86 > 0x11)
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARAT);
 
-	rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, &c->microcode, &dummy);
-
 	/* 3DNow or LM implies PREFETCHW */
 	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_3DNOWPREFETCH))
 		if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_3DNOW) || cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_LM))




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