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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-01-15 15:00:11 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-01-15 15:00:11 +0100
commitc182ce9bc8c85a623c71a23bcd6768045126c289 (patch)
tree73fb6561bbec5d89cba74492c149f3012e275afa /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
parent2da050e4f151c458df909780843067e7c2d11ec2 (diff)
parenta8750ddca918032d6349adbf9a4b6555e7db20da (diff)
Merge 4.15-rc8 into usb-next
We want the USB fixes in here as well for merge issues. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 8ccdca6d3f9e..d9e460fc7a3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -910,8 +910,17 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
- if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X) {
- pr_err_once("late loading on model 79 is disabled.\n");
+ /*
+ * Late loading on model 79 with microcode revision less than 0x0b000021
+ * may result in a system hang. This behavior is documented in item
+ * BDF90, #334165 (Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 Product Family).
+ */
+ if (c->x86 == 6 &&
+ c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X &&
+ c->x86_mask == 0x01 &&
+ c->microcode < 0x0b000021) {
+ pr_err_once("Erratum BDF90: late loading with revision < 0x0b000021 (0x%x) disabled.\n", c->microcode);
+ pr_err_once("Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.\n");
return true;
}