Commit-ID:  09e182d17e8891dd73baba961a0f5a82e9274c97
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/09e182d17e8891dd73baba961a0f5a82e9274c97
Author:     Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
AuthorDate: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:19:30 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:48:22 +0200

x86/microcode: Do not exit early from __reload_late()

Vitezslav reported a case where the

  "Timeout during microcode update!"

panic would hit. After a deeper look, it turned out that his .config had
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU disabled which practically made save_mc_for_early() a
no-op.

When that happened, the discovered microcode patch wasn't saved into the
cache and the late loading path wouldn't find any.

This, then, lead to early exit from __reload_late() and thus CPUs waiting
until the timeout is reached, leading to the panic.

In hindsight, that function should have been written so it does not return
before the post-synchronization. Oh well, I know better now...

Fixes: bb8c13d61a62 ("x86/microcode: Fix CPU synchronization routine")
Reported-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezs...@samel.cz>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezs...@samel.cz>
Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok....@intel.com>
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180418081140.ga2...@pc11.op.pod.cz
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180421081930.15741-2...@alien8.de

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c 
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 10c4fc2c91f8..77e201301528 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -564,14 +564,12 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
        apply_microcode_local(&err);
        spin_unlock(&update_lock);
 
+       /* siblings return UCODE_OK because their engine got updated already */
        if (err > UCODE_NFOUND) {
                pr_warn("Error reloading microcode on CPU %d\n", cpu);
-               return -1;
-       /* siblings return UCODE_OK because their engine got updated already */
+               ret = -1;
        } else if (err == UCODE_UPDATED || err == UCODE_OK) {
                ret = 1;
-       } else {
-               return ret;
        }
 
        /*

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