[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 for 4.13] x86/microcode: refuse to load the same revision ucode

[Sergey Dyasli <sergey.dyasli@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Currently if a user tries to live-load the same or older ucode revision
than CPU already has, he will get a single message in Xen log like:

    (XEN) 128 cores are to update their microcode

No actual ucode loading will happen and this situation can be quite
confusing. Fix this by starting ucode update only when the provided
ucode revision is higher than the currently cached one (if any).
This is based on the property that if microcode_cache exists, all CPUs
in the system should have at least that ucode revision.

Additionally, print a user friendly message if no newer ucode can be
found in the provided blob. This also requires ignoring -ENODATA in
AMD-side code, otherwise the message given to the user is:

    (XEN) Parsing microcode blob error -61

Which actually means that a ucode blob was parsed fine, but no matching
ucode was found.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Dyasli <sergey.dyasli@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 --> v2:
- compare provided ucode with the currently cached one

CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/microcode.c        | 12 ++++++++++--
 xen/arch/x86/microcode_amd.c    | 14 ++++++++++----
 xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c  | 12 +++++++++---
 xen/include/asm-x86/microcode.h |  3 ++-
 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c b/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
index 65d1f41e7c..dcd2c3ff77 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
@@ -266,10 +266,16 @@ static const struct microcode_patch *nmi_patch = 
ZERO_BLOCK_PTR;
  */
 static struct microcode_patch *parse_blob(const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
+    struct microcode_patch *ret = NULL;
+
     if ( likely(!microcode_ops->collect_cpu_info(&this_cpu(cpu_sig))) )
-        return microcode_ops->cpu_request_microcode(buf, len);
+    {
+        spin_lock(&microcode_mutex);
+        ret = microcode_ops->cpu_request_microcode(buf, len, microcode_cache);
+        spin_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
+    }
 
-    return NULL;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 void microcode_free_patch(struct microcode_patch *microcode_patch)
@@ -641,6 +647,8 @@ int microcode_update(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(const_void) 
buf, unsigned long len)
     if ( !patch )
     {
         ret = -ENOENT;
+        printk(XENLOG_WARNING "microcode: couldn't find any newer revision in "
+                              "the provided blob!\n");
         goto put;
     }
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_amd.c b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_amd.c
index 1e52f7f49a..cf63aff009 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_amd.c
@@ -419,10 +419,11 @@ static bool_t check_final_patch_levels(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 static struct microcode_patch *cpu_request_microcode(const void *buf,
-                                                     size_t bufsize)
+                                            size_t bufsize,
+                                            const struct microcode_patch 
*cache)
 {
     struct microcode_amd *mc_amd;
-    struct microcode_header_amd *saved = NULL;
+    struct microcode_header_amd *saved = NULL, *cached = NULL;
     struct microcode_patch *patch = NULL;
     size_t offset = 0, saved_size = 0;
     int error = 0;
@@ -507,6 +508,9 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cpu_request_microcode(const 
void *buf,
         goto out;
     }
 
+    if ( cache && cache->mc_amd && cache->mc_amd->mpb )
+        cached = cache->mc_amd->mpb;
+
     /*
      * It's possible the data file has multiple matching ucode,
      * lets keep searching till the latest version
@@ -516,9 +520,11 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cpu_request_microcode(const 
void *buf,
     {
         /*
          * If the new ucode covers current CPU, compare ucodes and store the
-         * one with higher revision.
+         * one with higher revision. It must also be higher than currently
+         * cached revision.
          */
         if ( (microcode_fits(mc_amd) != MIS_UCODE) &&
+             (!cached || (compare_header(mc_amd->mpb, cached) == NEW_UCODE)) &&
              (!saved || (compare_header(mc_amd->mpb, saved) == NEW_UCODE)) )
         {
             xfree(saved);
@@ -576,7 +582,7 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cpu_request_microcode(const 
void *buf,
         free_patch(mc_amd);
 
   out:
-    if ( error && !patch )
+    if ( error && error != -ENODATA && !patch )
         patch = ERR_PTR(error);
 
     return patch;
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
index 9f66057aad..a82dd0e701 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
@@ -357,13 +357,17 @@ static long get_next_ucode_from_buffer(struct 
microcode_intel **mc,
 }
 
 static struct microcode_patch *cpu_request_microcode(const void *buf,
-                                                     size_t size)
+                                            size_t size,
+                                            const struct microcode_patch 
*cache)
 {
     long offset = 0;
     int error = 0;
-    struct microcode_intel *mc, *saved = NULL;
+    struct microcode_intel *mc, *saved = NULL, *cached = NULL;
     struct microcode_patch *patch = NULL;
 
+    if ( cache && cache->mc_intel )
+        cached = cache->mc_intel;
+
     while ( (offset = get_next_ucode_from_buffer(&mc, buf, size, offset)) > 0 )
     {
         error = microcode_sanity_check(mc);
@@ -375,9 +379,11 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cpu_request_microcode(const 
void *buf,
 
         /*
          * If the new update covers current CPU, compare updates and store the
-         * one with higher revision.
+         * one with higher revision. It must also be higher than currently
+         * cached revision.
          */
         if ( (microcode_update_match(&mc->hdr) != MIS_UCODE) &&
+             (!cached || (mc->hdr.rev > cached->hdr.rev)) &&
              (!saved || (mc->hdr.rev > saved->hdr.rev)) )
         {
             xfree(saved);
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/microcode.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/microcode.h
index 7d5a1f8e8a..3dbb99cb88 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/microcode.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/microcode.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ struct microcode_patch {
 
 struct microcode_ops {
     struct microcode_patch *(*cpu_request_microcode)(const void *buf,
-                                                     size_t size);
+                                           size_t size,
+                                           const struct microcode_patch 
*cache);
     int (*collect_cpu_info)(struct cpu_signature *csig);
     int (*apply_microcode)(const struct microcode_patch *patch);
     int (*start_update)(void);
-- 
2.17.1


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