x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads
After updating microcode on one of the threads of a core, the other thread sibling automatically gets the update since the microcode resources on a hyperthreaded core are shared between the two threads. Check the microcode revision on the CPU before performing a microcode update and thus save us the WRMSR 0x79 because it is a particularly expensive operation. [ Borislav: Massage changelog and coding style. ] 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/1519352533-15992-2-git-send-email-ashok.raj@intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228102846.13447-3-bp@alien8.de
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