default n
depends on MICROCODE
help
- Enable code which allows for debugging the microcode loader in
- a guest. Meaning the patch loading is simulated but everything else
+ Enable code which allows to debug the microcode loader. When running
+ in a guest the patch loading is simulated but everything else
related to patch parsing and handling is done as on baremetal with
- the purpose of debugging solely the software side of things.
+ the purpose of debugging solely the software side of things. On
+ baremetal, it simply dumps additional debugging information during
+ normal operation.
You almost certainly want to say n here.
{
u32 rev, dummy __always_unused;
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_DBG)) {
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_DBG) && hypervisor_present) {
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
if (!microcode_rev[cpu]) {
invlpg(p_addr_end);
}
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_DBG))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_DBG) && hypervisor_present)
microcode_rev[smp_processor_id()] = mc->hdr.patch_id;
/* verify patch application was successful */
u32 base_rev;
u32 microcode_rev[NR_CPUS] = {};
+bool hypervisor_present;
+
/*
* Synchronization.
*
* Disable when:
*
* 1) The CPU does not support CPUID.
- *
+ */
+ if (!cpuid_feature()) {
+ dis_ucode_ldr = true;
+ return dis_ucode_ldr;
+ }
+
+ /*
* 2) Bit 31 in CPUID[1]:ECX is clear
* The bit is reserved for hypervisor use. This is still not
* completely accurate as XEN PV guests don't see that CPUID bit
* 3) Certain AMD patch levels are not allowed to be
* overwritten.
*/
- if (!cpuid_feature() ||
- ((native_cpuid_ecx(1) & BIT(31)) &&
- !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_DBG)) ||
+ hypervisor_present = native_cpuid_ecx(1) & BIT(31);
+
+ if ((hypervisor_present && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MICROCODE_DBG)) ||
amd_check_current_patch_level())
dis_ucode_ldr = true;
extern struct ucode_cpu_info ucode_cpu_info[];
extern u32 microcode_rev[NR_CPUS];
extern u32 base_rev;
+extern bool hypervisor_present;
struct cpio_data find_microcode_in_initrd(const char *path);