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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Aravind Gopalakrishnan <Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@amd.com>,
	X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch levels
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2015 22:14:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1435781656-1890-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> (raw)

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

Certain patch levels supplied by the BIOS should not be upgraded and
overwritten by the microcode loader because doing so leaves the system
dead in the water.

The two below provide for filtering out those levels and avoiding the
update, thereby making those patch levels final.

Borislav Petkov (2):
  x86/microcode/amd: Extract current patch level read to a function
  x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite final patch levels

 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_amd.h      |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c       | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd_early.c | 24 ++++++++------
 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

-- 
2.3.5


             reply	other threads:[~2015-07-01 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-01 20:14 Borislav Petkov [this message]
2015-07-01 20:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/amd: Extract current patch level read to a function Borislav Petkov
2015-07-01 20:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite final patch levels Borislav Petkov
2015-07-09 15:03 ` [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific " Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2015-07-10 10:11   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-07-10 15:12     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2016-03-26 23:31 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2016-03-27  8:31   ` Borislav Petkov
2016-03-27 12:32     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2016-03-27 15:47       ` Borislav Petkov
2016-05-02 15:30         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-05-06 12:43           ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2016-05-06 13:23             ` Borislav Petkov

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