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[xen-unstable] x86 ucode: microcode logic update
# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
# Date 1232622670 0
# Node ID a1d0868ffadf171ce9f4c61f4dc57f4d4abe4e4c
# Parent 97228980cd0425130eceb958b02f5fcaa8511860
x86 ucode: microcode logic update

Update microcode logic:
1. separate microcode_fini_cpu() into 2 level to avoid deadlock (when
fail at microcode_update_cpu);
2. cancel redundant collect_cpu_info at microcode.c level, use
relative function at microcode driver level;
3. separate microcode_resume_cpu from microcode_update_cpu, because
it's redundant (should only be called when S3 wakeup) and will block newer
microcode update when user update newer microcode.dat from user level

Signed-off-by: Liu, Jinsong <jinsong.liu@intel.com>
---
xen/arch/x86/microcode.c | 37 ++++++++++++++-----------------------
xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff -r 97228980cd04 -r a1d0868ffadf xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c Thu Jan 22 11:10:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c Thu Jan 22 11:11:10 2009 +0000
@@ -49,25 +49,22 @@ struct microcode_info {
char buffer[1];
};

-static void microcode_fini_cpu(int cpu)
+static void __microcode_fini_cpu(int cpu)
{
struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;

+ xfree(uci->mc.mc_valid);
+ memset(uci, 0, sizeof(*uci));
+}
+
+static void microcode_fini_cpu(int cpu)
+{
spin_lock(&microcode_mutex);
- xfree(uci->mc.mc_valid);
- uci->mc.mc_valid = NULL;
+ __microcode_fini_cpu(cpu);
spin_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
}

-static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu)
-{
- struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
-
- memset(uci, 0, sizeof(*uci));
- return microcode_ops->collect_cpu_info(cpu, &uci->cpu_sig);
-}
-
-static int microcode_resume_cpu(int cpu)
+int microcode_resume_cpu(int cpu)
{
int err = 0;
struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
@@ -107,17 +104,11 @@ static int microcode_update_cpu(const vo

spin_lock(&microcode_mutex);

- /*
- * Check if the system resume is in progress (uci->mc.mc_valid != NULL),
- * otherwise just request a firmware:
- */
- if ( uci->mc.mc_valid ) {
- err = microcode_resume_cpu(cpu);
- } else {
- err = collect_cpu_info(cpu);
- if ( !err )
- err = microcode_ops->cpu_request_microcode(cpu, buf, size);
- }
+ err = microcode_ops->collect_cpu_info(cpu, &uci->cpu_sig);
+ if ( likely(!err) )
+ err = microcode_ops->cpu_request_microcode(cpu, buf, size);
+ else
+ __microcode_fini_cpu(cpu);

spin_unlock(&microcode_mutex);

diff -r 97228980cd04 -r a1d0868ffadf xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c Thu Jan 22 11:10:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c Thu Jan 22 11:11:10 2009 +0000
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num,
{
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data[cpu_num];
unsigned int val[2];
+
+ BUG_ON(cpu_num != smp_processor_id());

memset(csig, 0, sizeof(*csig));


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