x86: fix resume (S2R) broken by Intel microcode module, on A110L

Impact: fix deadlock

This is in response to the following bug report:

Bug-Entry       : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12100
Subject         : resume (S2R) broken by Intel microcode module, on A110L
Submitter       : Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Date            : 2008-11-25 08:48 (19 days old)
Handled-By      : Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>

[ The deadlock scenario has been discovered by Andreas Mohr ]

I think I might have a logical explanation why the system:

  (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12100)

might hang upon resuming, OTOH it should have likely hanged each and every time.

(1) possible deadlock in microcode_resume_cpu() if either 'if' section is
taken;

(2) now, I don't see it in spec. and can't experimentally verify it (newer
ucodes don't seem to be available for my Core2duo)... but logically-wise, I'd
think that when read upon resuming, the 'microcode revision' (MSR 0x8B) should
be back to its original one (we need to reload ucode anyway so it doesn't seem
logical if a cpu doesn't drop the version)... if so, the comparison with
memcmp() for the full 'struct cpu_signature' is wrong... and that's how one of
the aforementioned 'if' sections might have been triggered - leading to a
deadlock.

Obviously, in my tests I simulated loading/resuming with the ucode of the same
version (just to see that the file is loaded/re-loaded upon resuming) so this
issue has never popped up.

I'd appreciate if someone with an appropriate system might give a try to the
2nd patch (titled "fix a comparison && deadlock...").

In any case, the deadlock situation is a must-have fix.

Reported-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
index 622dc4a..a8e6279 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(microcode_update_lock);
 static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu_num);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int val[2];
 
 	memset(csig, 0, sizeof(*csig));
@@ -174,11 +175,16 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig)
 		csig->pf = 1 << ((val[1] >> 18) & 7);
 	}
 
+	/* serialize access to the physical write to MSR 0x79 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&microcode_update_lock, flags);
+
 	wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);
 	/* see notes above for revision 1.07.  Apparent chip bug */
 	sync_core();
 	/* get the current revision from MSR 0x8B */
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, val[0], csig->rev);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&microcode_update_lock, flags);
+
 	pr_debug("microcode: collect_cpu_info : sig=0x%x, pf=0x%x, rev=0x%x\n",
 			csig->sig, csig->pf, csig->rev);