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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id x20-20020a170902ea9400b001a194bda2desi7028877plb.487.2023.04.15.07.43.00; Sat, 15 Apr 2023 07:43:15 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@alien8.de header.s=dkim header.b=qtknd9+6; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=alien8.de Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229622AbjDOO2d (ORCPT + 99 others); Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:28:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46974 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229541AbjDOO2c (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:28:32 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B99F4C22 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2023 07:28:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zn.tnic (p5de8e687.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.232.230.135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id B56061EC056B; Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:28:28 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1681568908; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to: references; bh=mwISPKZyF6KmI+FUueGtvVaik+GhQkOgxGymbD8rgcw=; b=qtknd9+6JOJD+uzSQRTZ1Vws6IjvWgoE7YG1od5IfV1s1lYYnlKvBu9OIURXWd9nh0qWvi zcy80vcTelgS6GRBrX9tQsOxEgH2fz/kUQpptUIlSO7A5XpXzLTnQFdceeOikoUEiZL2dP nscAVBB3OpHlpufOVTpzvQLRqyqRHTs= From: Borislav Petkov To: X86 ML Cc: LKML , Peter Zijlstra Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode/AMD: Document which patches are not released for late loading Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:28:21 +0200 Message-Id: <20230415142821.24725-1-bp@alien8.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.35.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" PeterZ wanted this spelled out explicitly. Add it to the documentation so that everyone's on the same page wrt to which microcode patches are not allowed to be late loaded. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) --- Documentation/x86/microcode.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/microcode.rst b/Documentation/x86/microcode.rst index 15b52e2b181d..d5ef9184030c 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/microcode.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/microcode.rst @@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ a fault happens, the whole core will see it either before the microcode patch has been applied or after. In either case, T0 and T1 will have the same microcode revision and nothing intermediate. +In addition, microcode patches which modify software-visible features +like CPUID bits, MSRs, chicken bits, etc are not released for late +loading. + Builtin microcode ================= -- 2.35.1