3 files changed, 43 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 99aa5a88d668..102aebcdb766 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -917,10 +917,11 @@ static void microcode_fini_cpu_amd(int cpu)
 }
 
 static struct microcode_ops microcode_amd_ops = {
-	.request_microcode_fw             = request_microcode_amd,
-	.collect_cpu_info                 = collect_cpu_info_amd,
-	.apply_microcode                  = apply_microcode_amd,
-	.microcode_fini_cpu               = microcode_fini_cpu_amd,
+	.request_microcode_fw	= request_microcode_amd,
+	.collect_cpu_info	= collect_cpu_info_amd,
+	.apply_microcode	= apply_microcode_amd,
+	.microcode_fini_cpu	= microcode_fini_cpu_amd,
+	.nmi_safe		= true,
 };
 
 struct microcode_ops * __init init_amd_microcode(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index e306feeb374f..7af1b60527ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -254,23 +254,6 @@ static struct platform_device	*microcode_pdev;
  */
 #define SPINUNIT 100 /* 100 nsec */
 
-static int check_online_cpus(void)
-{
-	unsigned int cpu;
-
-	/*
-	 * Make sure all CPUs are online.  It's fine for SMT to be disabled if
-	 * all the primary threads are still online.
-	 */
-	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
-		if (topology_is_primary_thread(cpu) && !cpu_online(cpu)) {
-			pr_err("Not all CPUs online, aborting microcode update.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
 
 static atomic_t late_cpus_in;
 static atomic_t late_cpus_out;
@@ -387,6 +370,35 @@ static int microcode_reload_late(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ *  Ensure that all required CPUs which are present and have been booted
+ *  once are online.
+ *
+ *    To pass this check, all primary threads must be online.
+ *
+ *    If the microcode load is not safe against NMI then all SMT threads
+ *    must be online as well because they still react to NMIs when they are
+ *    soft-offlined and parked in one of the play_dead() variants. So if a
+ *    NMI hits while the primary thread updates the microcode the resulting
+ *    behaviour is undefined. The default play_dead() implementation on
+ *    modern CPUs uses MWAIT, which is also not guaranteed to be safe
+ *    against a microcode update which affects MWAIT.
+ */
+static bool ensure_cpus_are_online(void)
+{
+	unsigned int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpu_present_mask, &cpus_booted_once_mask) {
+		if (!cpu_online(cpu)) {
+			if (topology_is_primary_thread(cpu) || !microcode_ops->nmi_safe) {
+				pr_err("CPU %u not online\n", cpu);
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 			    struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    const char *buf, size_t size)
@@ -402,9 +414,10 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 
 	cpus_read_lock();
 
-	ret = check_online_cpus();
-	if (ret)
+	if (!ensure_cpus_are_online()) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto put;
+	}
 
 	tmp_ret = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(bsp, &microcode_pdev->dev);
 	if (tmp_ret != UCODE_NEW)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
index 4bef216f8d6c..07aa5f8be69b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h
@@ -20,18 +20,17 @@ enum ucode_state {
 
 struct microcode_ops {
 	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_fw)(int cpu, struct device *dev);
-
 	void (*microcode_fini_cpu)(int cpu);
 
 	/*
-	 * The generic 'microcode_core' part guarantees that
-	 * the callbacks below run on a target cpu when they
-	 * are being called.
+	 * The generic 'microcode_core' part guarantees that the callbacks
+	 * below run on a target CPU when they are being called.
 	 * See also the "Synchronization" section in microcode_core.c.
 	 */
-	enum ucode_state (*apply_microcode)(int cpu);
-	int (*collect_cpu_info)(int cpu, struct cpu_signature *csig);
-	void (*finalize_late_load)(int result);
+	enum ucode_state	(*apply_microcode)(int cpu);
+	int			(*collect_cpu_info)(int cpu, struct cpu_signature *csig);
+	void			(*finalize_late_load)(int result);
+	unsigned int		nmi_safe	: 1;
 };
 
 extern struct ucode_cpu_info ucode_cpu_info[];