Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to define the microcode version

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Mon Feb 26 2018 - 16:30:59 EST


On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 03:51:30PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 08:37:11PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 09:39:12AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> > > index d19e903214b4..87d044ce837f 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> > > @@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ static bool bad_spectre_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> > > {
> > > int i;
> > >
> > > + /*
> > > + * We know that the hypervisor lie to us on the microcode version so
> > > + * we may as well trust that it is running the correct version.
> > > + */
> > > + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
> >
> > I guess
> >
> > cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)
> >
> > since we're passing a ptr to the current CPU.
>
> Ah yes. Let me fix it up and repost.

I've posted it (but I can't seem to find it on LKML). Here it is in this
thread. Also adding ingo + tglrx