From: Ashok Raj <[email protected]>

Avoid loading microcode if any of the CPUs are offline, and issue a
warning. Having different microcode revisions on the system at any time
is outright dangerous.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <[email protected]>
Cc: x86-ml <[email protected]>
Link: 
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[ Massage it. ]
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c 
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 63370651e376..fa32cb3dcca5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -486,6 +486,16 @@ static void __exit microcode_dev_exit(void)
 /* fake device for request_firmware */
 static struct platform_device  *microcode_pdev;
 
+static int check_online_cpus(void)
+{
+       if (num_online_cpus() == num_present_cpus())
+               return 0;
+
+       pr_err("Not all CPUs online, aborting microcode update.\n");
+
+       return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static enum ucode_state reload_for_cpu(int cpu)
 {
        struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
@@ -519,7 +529,13 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
                return size;
 
        get_online_cpus();
+
+       ret = check_online_cpus();
+       if (ret)
+               goto put;
+
        mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
+
        for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
                tmp_ret = reload_for_cpu(cpu);
                if (tmp_ret > UCODE_NFOUND) {
@@ -538,6 +554,8 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
                microcode_check();
 
        mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
+
+put:
        put_online_cpus();
 
        if (!ret)
-- 
2.13.0

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