x86: ucode-amd: Load ucode-patches once and not separately of each CPU
This also implies that corresponding log messages, e.g.
platform microcode: firmware: requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
show up only once on module load and not when ucode is updated
for each CPU.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Cc: dimm <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <20091110110723.GH30802@alberich.amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index c043534..75538f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
#define UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE 0x00000000
#define UCODE_UCODE_TYPE 0x00000001
+const struct firmware *firmware;
+
struct equiv_cpu_entry {
u32 installed_cpu;
u32 fixed_errata_mask;
@@ -301,14 +303,10 @@
static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
{
- const char *fw_name = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
- const struct firmware *firmware;
enum ucode_state ret;
- if (request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: failed to load file %s\n", fw_name);
+ if (firmware == NULL)
return UCODE_NFOUND;
- }
if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
@@ -318,8 +316,6 @@
ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
- release_firmware(firmware);
-
return ret;
}
@@ -339,7 +335,21 @@
uci->mc = NULL;
}
+void init_microcode_amd(struct device *device)
+{
+ const char *fw_name = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
+ if (request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device))
+ printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: failed to load file %s\n", fw_name);
+}
+
+void fini_microcode_amd(void)
+{
+ release_firmware(firmware);
+}
+
static struct microcode_ops microcode_amd_ops = {
+ .init = init_microcode_amd,
+ .fini = fini_microcode_amd,
.request_microcode_user = request_microcode_user,
.request_microcode_fw = request_microcode_fw,
.collect_cpu_info = collect_cpu_info_amd,