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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c22
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
index 85a343e28937..356170262a93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
int (*get_ucode_data)(void *, const void *, size_t))
{
struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
- u8 *ucode_ptr = data, *new_mc = NULL, *mc;
+ u8 *ucode_ptr = data, *new_mc = NULL, *mc = NULL;
int new_rev = uci->cpu_sig.rev;
unsigned int leftover = size;
enum ucode_state state = UCODE_OK;
+ unsigned int curr_mc_size = 0;
while (leftover) {
struct microcode_header_intel mc_header;
@@ -361,9 +362,15 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
break;
}
- mc = vmalloc(mc_size);
- if (!mc)
- break;
+ /* For performance reasons, reuse mc area when possible */
+ if (!mc || mc_size > curr_mc_size) {
+ if (mc)
+ vfree(mc);
+ mc = vmalloc(mc_size);
+ if (!mc)
+ break;
+ curr_mc_size = mc_size;
+ }
if (get_ucode_data(mc, ucode_ptr, mc_size) ||
microcode_sanity_check(mc) < 0) {
@@ -376,13 +383,16 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
vfree(new_mc);
new_rev = mc_header.rev;
new_mc = mc;
- } else
- vfree(mc);
+ mc = NULL; /* trigger new vmalloc */
+ }
ucode_ptr += mc_size;
leftover -= mc_size;
}
+ if (mc)
+ vfree(mc);
+
if (leftover) {
if (new_mc)
vfree(new_mc);