On 23.01.2023 15:32, Sergey Dyasli wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:47 PM Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 11.01.2023 15:23, Sergey Dyasli wrote:
>>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
>>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
>>> @@ -176,8 +176,13 @@ static enum microcode_match_result compare_revi
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:47 PM Jan Beulich wrote:
>
> On 11.01.2023 15:23, Sergey Dyasli wrote:
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> > @@ -176,8 +176,13 @@ static enum microcode_match_result compare_revisions(
> > if ( new_rev > old_rev )
>
On 11.01.2023 15:23, Sergey Dyasli wrote:
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> @@ -176,8 +176,13 @@ static enum microcode_match_result compare_revisions(
> if ( new_rev > old_rev )
> return NEW_UCODE;
>
> -if ( opt_ucode_allow_same
The original issue has been reported on AMD Bulldozer-based CPUs where
ucode loading loses the LWP feature bit in order to gain the IBPB bit.
LWP disabling is per-SMT/CMT core modification and needs to happen on
each sibling thread despite the shared microcode engine. Otherwise,
logical CPUs will e
