The Intel microcode driver is using sync_core() to mean "do CPUID
with EAX=1". I want to rework sync_core(), but first the Intel
microcode driver needs to stop depending on its current behavior.
Reported-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <h...@hmh.eng.br>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index cdc0deab00c9..2542d036a30e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int collect_cpu_info_early(struct ucode_cpu_info
*uci)
native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0);
/* As documented in the SDM: Do a CPUID 1 here */
- sync_core();
+ cpuid_eax(1);
/* get the current revision from MSR 0x8B */
native_rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, val[0], val[1]);
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_early(struct ucode_cpu_info
*uci, bool early)
native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0);
/* As documented in the SDM: Do a CPUID 1 here */
- sync_core();
+ cpuid_eax(1);
/* get the current revision from MSR 0x8B */
native_rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, val[0], val[1]);
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0);
/* As documented in the SDM: Do a CPUID 1 here */
- sync_core();
+ cpuid_eax(1);
/* get the current revision from MSR 0x8B */
rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, val[0], val[1]);
--
2.9.3
