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Pull x86 fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "Fix a boot regression on very old x86 CPUs without CPUID support"

* tag 'x86-urgent-2025-05-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/microcode: Consolidate the loader enablement checking
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Linus Torvalds committed May 11, 2025
2 parents ac814cb + 5214a9f commit b9e62a2
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
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Expand Up @@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ struct ucode_cpu_info {
void load_ucode_bsp(void);
void load_ucode_ap(void);
void microcode_bsp_resume(void);
bool __init microcode_loader_disabled(void);
#else
static inline void load_ucode_bsp(void) { }
static inline void load_ucode_ap(void) { }
static inline void microcode_bsp_resume(void) { }
static inline bool __init microcode_loader_disabled(void) { return false; }
#endif

extern unsigned long initrd_start_early;
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
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Expand Up @@ -1098,15 +1098,17 @@ static enum ucode_state load_microcode_amd(u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t siz

static int __init save_microcode_in_initrd(void)
{
unsigned int cpuid_1_eax = native_cpuid_eax(1);
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
struct cont_desc desc = { 0 };
unsigned int cpuid_1_eax;
enum ucode_state ret;
struct cpio_data cp;

if (dis_ucode_ldr || c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD || c->x86 < 0x10)
if (microcode_loader_disabled() || c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD || c->x86 < 0x10)
return 0;

cpuid_1_eax = native_cpuid_eax(1);

if (!find_blobs_in_containers(&cp))
return -EINVAL;

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58 changes: 34 additions & 24 deletions arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
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Expand Up @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@

#include "internal.h"

static struct microcode_ops *microcode_ops;
bool dis_ucode_ldr = true;
static struct microcode_ops *microcode_ops;
static bool dis_ucode_ldr = false;

bool force_minrev = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_LATE_FORCE_MINREV);
module_param(force_minrev, bool, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
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u32 lvl, dummy, i;
u32 *levels;

if (x86_cpuid_vendor() != X86_VENDOR_AMD)
return false;

native_rdmsr(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, lvl, dummy);

levels = final_levels;
Expand All @@ -95,27 +98,29 @@ static bool amd_check_current_patch_level(void)
return false;
}

static bool __init check_loader_disabled_bsp(void)
bool __init microcode_loader_disabled(void)
{
static const char *__dis_opt_str = "dis_ucode_ldr";
const char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
const char *option = __dis_opt_str;
if (dis_ucode_ldr)
return true;

/*
* CPUID(1).ECX[31]: reserved for hypervisor use. This is still not
* completely accurate as xen pv guests don't see that CPUID bit set but
* that's good enough as they don't land on the BSP path anyway.
* Disable when:
*
* 1) The CPU does not support CPUID.
*
* 2) Bit 31 in CPUID[1]:ECX is clear
* The bit is reserved for hypervisor use. This is still not
* completely accurate as XEN PV guests don't see that CPUID bit
* set, but that's good enough as they don't land on the BSP
* path anyway.
*
* 3) Certain AMD patch levels are not allowed to be
* overwritten.
*/
if (native_cpuid_ecx(1) & BIT(31))
return true;

if (x86_cpuid_vendor() == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
if (amd_check_current_patch_level())
return true;
}

if (cmdline_find_option_bool(cmdline, option) <= 0)
dis_ucode_ldr = false;
if (!have_cpuid_p() ||
native_cpuid_ecx(1) & BIT(31) ||
amd_check_current_patch_level())
dis_ucode_ldr = true;

return dis_ucode_ldr;
}
Expand All @@ -125,7 +130,10 @@ void __init load_ucode_bsp(void)
unsigned int cpuid_1_eax;
bool intel = true;

if (!have_cpuid_p())
if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "dis_ucode_ldr") > 0)
dis_ucode_ldr = true;

if (microcode_loader_disabled())
return;

cpuid_1_eax = native_cpuid_eax(1);
Expand All @@ -146,9 +154,6 @@ void __init load_ucode_bsp(void)
return;
}

if (check_loader_disabled_bsp())
return;

if (intel)
load_ucode_intel_bsp(&early_data);
else
Expand All @@ -159,6 +164,11 @@ void load_ucode_ap(void)
{
unsigned int cpuid_1_eax;

/*
* Can't use microcode_loader_disabled() here - .init section
* hell. It doesn't have to either - the BSP variant must've
* parsed cmdline already anyway.
*/
if (dis_ucode_ldr)
return;

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struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
int error;

if (dis_ucode_ldr)
if (microcode_loader_disabled())
return -EINVAL;

if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
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Expand Up @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int __init save_builtin_microcode(void)
if (xchg(&ucode_patch_va, NULL) != UCODE_BSP_LOADED)
return 0;

if (dis_ucode_ldr || boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
if (microcode_loader_disabled() || boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
return 0;

uci.mc = get_microcode_blob(&uci, true);
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
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Expand Up @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ static inline unsigned int x86_cpuid_family(void)
return x86_family(eax);
}

extern bool dis_ucode_ldr;
extern bool force_minrev;

#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD
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4 changes: 0 additions & 4 deletions arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
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Expand Up @@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ void __init __no_stack_protector mk_early_pgtbl_32(void)
*ptr = (unsigned long)ptep + PAGE_OFFSET;

#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_INITRD32
/* Running on a hypervisor? */
if (native_cpuid_ecx(1) & BIT(31))
return;

params = (struct boot_params *)__pa_nodebug(&boot_params);
if (!params->hdr.ramdisk_size || !params->hdr.ramdisk_image)
return;
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