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From: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org, tglx@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	david.kaplan@amd.com, chang.seok.bae@intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 09/11] x86/microcode: Use stop-machine NMI facility
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:42:47 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331014251.86353-10-chang.seok.bae@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331014251.86353-1-chang.seok.bae@intel.com>

The existing NMI-based loading logic explicitly sends NMIs to online CPUs
and invokes microcode_update_handler() from the NMI context. The
stop-machine NMI variant already provides the mechanism on x86.

Replace the custom NMI control logic with stop_machine_nmi_cpuslocked().

Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
---
V1 -> V2: Select that stop-machine build option
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig                     |  1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h     |  1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 19 +++----------------
 arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c                |  3 ---
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0b5f30d769ff..0f7e88ba7433 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1338,6 +1338,7 @@ config MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
 	bool "Late microcode loading (DANGEROUS)"
 	default n
 	depends on MICROCODE && SMP
+	select STOP_MACHINE_NMI
 	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
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
index 3c317d155771..62d10c43da9c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static inline u32 intel_get_microcode_revision(void)
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL */
 
-bool microcode_nmi_handler(void);
 void microcode_offline_nmi_handler(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index abd640b1d286..ebcc73e67af1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -563,22 +563,9 @@ static noinstr int microcode_update_handler(void *unused)
  * path which must be NMI safe until the primary thread completed the
  * update.
  */
-bool noinstr microcode_nmi_handler(void)
+static noinstr int microcode_nmi_handler(void *data)
 {
-	if (!raw_cpu_read(ucode_ctrl.nmi_enabled))
-		return false;
-
-	raw_cpu_write(ucode_ctrl.nmi_enabled, false);
-	return microcode_update_handler(NULL) == 0;
-}
-
-static int stop_cpu_in_nmi(void *unused)
-{
-	/* Enable the NMI handler and raise NMI */
-	this_cpu_write(ucode_ctrl.nmi_enabled, true);
-	apic->send_IPI(smp_processor_id(), NMI_VECTOR);
-
-	return 0;
+	return microcode_update_handler(data);
 }
 
 static int load_late_stop_cpus(bool is_safe)
@@ -616,7 +603,7 @@ static int load_late_stop_cpus(bool is_safe)
 
 	if (microcode_ops->use_nmi) {
 		static_branch_enable_cpuslocked(&microcode_nmi_handler_enable);
-		stop_machine_cpuslocked(stop_cpu_in_nmi, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
+		stop_machine_nmi_cpuslocked(microcode_nmi_handler, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
 		static_branch_disable_cpuslocked(&microcode_nmi_handler_enable);
 	} else {
 		stop_machine_cpuslocked(microcode_update_handler, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index b7ea2907142c..324f4353be88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -386,9 +386,6 @@ static noinstr void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (stop_machine_nmi_handler())
 		goto out;
 
-	if (microcode_nmi_handler_enabled() && microcode_nmi_handler())
-		goto out;
-
 	/*
 	 * CPU-specific NMI must be processed before non-CPU-specific
 	 * NMI, otherwise we may lose it, because the CPU-specific
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-31  2:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-31  1:42 [PATCH v2 00/11] x86/microcode: Refactor NMI-based rendezvous mechanism to stop-machine Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] stop_machine: Clarify @cpus == NULL semantics Chang S. Bae
2026-07-23  4:34   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 02/11] stop_machine: Accumulate error code rather than overwrite Chang S. Bae
2026-08-09  2:04   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-08-11  6:02     ` Chang S. Bae
2026-10-08  3:39   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] stop_machine: Refactor multi-CPU stop glue code Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] stop_machine: Add NMI-based execution path Chang S. Bae
2026-04-01  2:57   ` Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] stop_machine: Introduce stop_machine_nmi_cpuslocked() Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] x86/apic: Implement self-NMI support Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] x86/nmi: Support NMI stop-machine handler Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] x86/microcode: Distinguish NMI control path on stop-machine callback Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` Chang S. Bae [this message]
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] x86/nmi: Simplify offline microcode handler invocation Chang S. Bae
2026-03-31  1:42 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] x86/microcode: Remove microcode_nmi_handler_enable Chang S. Bae
2026-08-09  2:05 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] x86/microcode: Refactor NMI-based rendezvous mechanism to stop-machine Borislav Petkov
2026-08-11  6:02   ` Chang S. Bae

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