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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 84f1cd8..348cf48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1757,5 +1757,25 @@ core_initcall(init_cpu_syscore);
*/
void microcode_check(void)
{
+ struct cpuinfo_x86 info;
+
perf_check_microcode();
+
+ /* Reload CPUID max function as it might've changed. */
+ info.cpuid_level = cpuid_eax(0);
+
+ /*
+ * Copy all capability leafs to pick up the synthetic ones so that
+ * memcmp() below doesn't fail on that. The ones coming from CPUID will
+ * get overwritten in get_cpu_cap().
+ */
+ memcpy(&info.x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability, sizeof(info.x86_capability));
+
+ get_cpu_cap(&info);
+
+ if (!memcmp(&info.x86_capability, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability, sizeof(info.x86_capability)))
+ return;
+
+ pr_warn("x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode, but might not take effect.\n");
+ pr_warn("x86/CPU: Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.\n");
}
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