Merge tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.7_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 microcode loading updates from Borislac Petkov:
 "Major microcode loader restructuring, cleanup and improvements by
  Thomas Gleixner:

   - Restructure the code needed for it and add a temporary initrd
     mapping on 32-bit so that the loader can access the microcode
     blobs. This in itself is a preparation for the next major
     improvement:

   - Do not load microcode on 32-bit before paging has been enabled.

     Handling this has caused an endless stream of headaches, issues,
     ugly code and unnecessary hacks in the past. And there really
     wasn't any sensible reason to do that in the first place. So switch
     the 32-bit loading to happen after paging has been enabled and turn
     the loader code "real purrty" again

   - Drop mixed microcode steppings loading on Intel - there, a single
     patch loaded on the whole system is sufficient

   - Rework late loading to track which CPUs have updated microcode
     successfully and which haven't, act accordingly

   - Move late microcode loading on Intel in NMI context in order to
     guarantee concurrent loading on all threads

   - Make the late loading CPU-hotplug-safe and have the offlined
     threads be woken up for the purpose of the update

   - Add support for a minimum revision which determines whether late
     microcode loading is safe on a machine and the microcode does not
     change software visible features which the machine cannot use
     anyway since feature detection has happened already. Roughly, the
     minimum revision is the smallest revision number which must be
     loaded currently on the system so that late updates can be allowed

   - Other nice leanups, fixess, etc all over the place"

* tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.7_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (40 commits)
  x86/microcode/intel: Add a minimum required revision for late loading
  x86/microcode: Prepare for minimal revision check
  x86/microcode: Handle "offline" CPUs correctly
  x86/apic: Provide apic_force_nmi_on_cpu()
  x86/microcode: Protect against instrumentation
  x86/microcode: Rendezvous and load in NMI
  x86/microcode: Replace the all-in-one rendevous handler
  x86/microcode: Provide new control functions
  x86/microcode: Add per CPU control field
  x86/microcode: Add per CPU result state
  x86/microcode: Sanitize __wait_for_cpus()
  x86/microcode: Clarify the late load logic
  x86/microcode: Handle "nosmt" correctly
  x86/microcode: Clean up mc_cpu_down_prep()
  x86/microcode: Get rid of the schedule work indirection
  x86/microcode: Mop up early loading leftovers
  x86/microcode/amd: Use cached microcode for AP load
  x86/microcode/amd: Cache builtin/initrd microcode early
  x86/microcode/amd: Cache builtin microcode too
  x86/microcode/amd: Use correct per CPU ucode_cpu_info
  ...

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 6a917f62eff2..3762f41bb092 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1313,16 +1313,41 @@ config MICROCODE
 	def_bool y
 	depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL
 
+config MICROCODE_INITRD32
+	def_bool y
+	depends on MICROCODE && X86_32 && BLK_DEV_INITRD
+
 config MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
 	bool "Late microcode loading (DANGEROUS)"
 	default n
-	depends on MICROCODE
+	depends on MICROCODE && SMP
 	help
 	  Loading microcode late, when the system is up and executing instructions
 	  is a tricky business and should be avoided if possible. Just the sequence
 	  of synchronizing all cores and SMT threads is one fragile dance which does
 	  not guarantee that cores might not softlock after the loading. Therefore,
-	  use this at your own risk. Late loading taints the kernel too.
+	  use this at your own risk. Late loading taints the kernel unless the
+	  microcode header indicates that it is safe for late loading via the
+	  minimal revision check. This minimal revision check can be enforced on
+	  the kernel command line with "microcode.minrev=Y".
+
+config MICROCODE_LATE_FORCE_MINREV
+	bool "Enforce late microcode loading minimal revision check"
+	default n
+	depends on MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
+	help
+	  To prevent that users load microcode late which modifies already
+	  in use features, newer microcode patches have a minimum revision field
+	  in the microcode header, which tells the kernel which minimum
+	  revision must be active in the CPU to safely load that new microcode
+	  late into the running system. If disabled the check will not
+	  be enforced but the kernel will be tainted when the minimal
+	  revision check fails.
+
+	  This minimal revision check can also be controlled via the
+	  "microcode.minrev" parameter on the kernel command line.
+
+	  If unsure say Y.
 
 config X86_MSR
 	tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"