Patch "x86/microcode: Propagate return value from updating functions" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ struct cpu_signature {
 
 struct device;
 
-enum ucode_state { UCODE_ERROR, UCODE_OK, UCODE_NFOUND };
+enum ucode_state {
+	UCODE_OK	= 0,
+	UCODE_UPDATED,
+	UCODE_NFOUND,
+	UCODE_ERROR,
+};
 
 struct microcode_ops {
 	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_user) (int cpu,

@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ struct microcode_ops {
 	 * are being called.
 	 * See also the "Synchronization" section in microcode_core.c.
 	 */
-	int (*apply_microcode) (int cpu);
+	enum ucode_state (*apply_microcode) (int cpu);
 	int (*collect_cpu_info) (int cpu, struct cpu_signature *csig);
 };
 

@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static unsigned int verify_patch_size(u8
 	return patch_size;
 }
 
-static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	struct microcode_amd *mc_amd;

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 
 	p = find_patch(cpu);
 	if (!p)
-		return 0;
+		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 
 	mc_amd  = p->data;
 	uci->mc = p->data;

@@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 	if (rev >= mc_amd->hdr.patch_id) {
 		c->microcode = rev;
 		uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
-		return 0;
+		return UCODE_OK;
 	}
 
 	if (__apply_microcode_amd(mc_amd)) {
 		pr_err("CPU%d: update failed for patch_level=0x%08x\n",
 			cpu, mc_amd->hdr.patch_id);
-		return -1;
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 	pr_info("CPU%d: new patch_level=0x%08x\n", cpu,
 		mc_amd->hdr.patch_id);

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
 	uci->cpu_sig.rev = mc_amd->hdr.patch_id;
 	c->microcode = mc_amd->hdr.patch_id;
 
-	return 0;
+	return UCODE_UPDATED;
 }
 
 static int install_equiv_cpu_table(const u8 *buf)

@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu)
 }
 
 struct apply_microcode_ctx {
-	int err;
+	enum ucode_state err;
 };
 
 static void apply_microcode_local(void *arg)

@@ -489,31 +489,29 @@ static void __exit microcode_dev_exit(vo
 /* fake device for request_firmware */
 static struct platform_device	*microcode_pdev;
 
-static int reload_for_cpu(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state reload_for_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 	enum ucode_state ustate;
-	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!uci->valid)
-		return err;
+		return UCODE_OK;
 
 	ustate = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(cpu, &microcode_pdev->dev, true);
-	if (ustate == UCODE_OK)
-		apply_microcode_on_target(cpu);
-	else
-		if (ustate == UCODE_ERROR)
-			err = -EINVAL;
-	return err;
+	if (ustate != UCODE_OK)
+		return ustate;
+
+	return apply_microcode_on_target(cpu);
 }
 
 static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 			    struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
+	enum ucode_state tmp_ret = UCODE_OK;
 	unsigned long val;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	int cpu;
-	ssize_t ret = 0, tmp_ret;
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
 	if (ret)

@@ -526,15 +524,18 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct devic
 	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		tmp_ret = reload_for_cpu(cpu);
-		if (tmp_ret != 0)
+		if (tmp_ret > UCODE_NFOUND) {
 			pr_warn("Error reloading microcode on CPU %d\n", cpu);
 
-		/* save retval of the first encountered reload error */
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = tmp_ret;
+			/* set retval for the first encountered reload error */
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
-	if (!ret)
+
+	if (!ret && tmp_ret == UCODE_UPDATED)
 		perf_check_microcode();
+
 	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
 	put_online_cpus();
 

@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 {
 	struct microcode_intel *mc;
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci;

@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 
 	/* We should bind the task to the CPU */
 	if (WARN_ON(raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu))
-		return -1;
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
 
 	uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 	mc = uci->mc;

@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 		/* Look for a newer patch in our cache: */
 		mc = find_patch(uci);
 		if (!mc)
-			return 0;
+			return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
 	/* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */

@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 	if (rev != mc->hdr.rev) {
 		pr_err("CPU%d update to revision 0x%x failed\n",
 		       cpu, mc->hdr.rev);
-		return -1;
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	if (rev != prev_rev) {

@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static int apply_microcode_intel(int cpu
 	uci->cpu_sig.rev = rev;
 	c->microcode = rev;
 
-	return 0;
+	return UCODE_UPDATED;
 }
 
 static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,