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authorAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>2018-02-28 11:28:42 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-03-08 10:19:25 +0100
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parentc182d2b7d0ca48e0d6ff16f7d883161238c447ed (diff)
x86/microcode/intel: Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode
Updating microcode is less error prone when caches have been flushed and depending on what exactly the microcode is updating. For example, some of the issues around certain Broadwell parts can be addressed by doing a full cache flush. [ Borislav: Massage it and use native_wbinvd() in both cases. ] Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Tested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519352533-15992-3-git-send-email-ashok.raj@intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-4-bp@alien8.de
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