Instead of blacklisting all types of Broadwell processor when running
a late loading, only BDW-EP (signature 0x406f1, aka family 6, model 79,
stepping 1) with the microcode version less than 0x0b000021 needs to
be blacklisted.
The erratum is documented in the the public documentation #334165 (See
the item BDF90 for details).
Signed-off-by: Jia Zhang <qianyue...@alibaba-inc.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 99af05f..42896bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -910,9 +910,17 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
- if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X) {
- pr_err_once("late loading on model 79 is disabled.\n");
- return true;
+ /*
+ * The Broadwell-EP processor with the microcode version less
+ * then 0x0b000021 may result in system hang when running a late
+ * loading. This behavior is documented in item BDF90, #334165
+ * (Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 Product Family).
+ */
+ if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X &&
+ c->x86_stepping == 0x01 && c->microcode < 0x0b000021) {
+ pr_err_once("Not loading old microcode version: erratum BDF90
on Intel Broadwell-EP stepping 1 CPUs may cause system hangs.\n");
+ pr_err_once("Please update your microcode version through BIOS
update or early loading from the initrd.\n");
+ return true;
}
return false;
--
1.8.3.1
