x86, microcode, AMD: Check before applying a patch

Make sure we're actually applying a microcode patch to a core which
really needs it.

This brings only a very very very minor slowdown on F10:

0.032218828 sec vs 0.056010626 sec with this patch.

And small speedup on F15:

0.487089449 sec vs 0.180551162 sec (from perf output).

Also, fixup comments while at it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361461-10076-8-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 94213387a3d1..8fdf7d99b804 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -202,11 +202,18 @@ static int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu)
         if (mc_amd == NULL)
                 return 0;
 
-        wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LOADER, (u64)(long)&mc_amd->hdr.data_code);
-        /* get patch id after patching */
         rdmsr(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, rev, dummy);
 
-        /* check current patch id and patch's id for match */
+        /* need to apply patch? */
+        if (rev >= mc_amd->hdr.patch_id) {
+                c->microcode = rev;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LOADER, (u64)(long)&mc_amd->hdr.data_code);
+
+        /* verify patch application was successful */
+        rdmsr(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, rev, dummy);
         if (rev != mc_amd->hdr.patch_id) {
                 pr_err("CPU%d: update failed for patch_level=0x%08x\n",
                        cpu, mc_amd->hdr.patch_id);