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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c index 87bd6dc94081..e2864bc2d575 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -600,6 +600,12 @@ static int apply_microcode_early(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, bool early) return UCODE_OK; } + /* + * Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode to avoid + * internal issues depending on what the microcode is updating. + */ + native_wbinvd(); + /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); @@ -816,6 +822,12 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu) return UCODE_OK; } + /* + * Writeback and invalidate caches before updating microcode to avoid + * internal issues depending on what the microcode is updating. + */ + native_wbinvd(); + /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long)mc->bits); |