platform/x86/intel/ifs: Add metadata support
authorAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Thu, 17 Nov 2022 03:59:29 +0000 (19:59 -0800)
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 09:39:08 +0000 (10:39 +0100)
commit8382fee3bb86526bde1bfb1a06834f056140e0dd
tree9a73ff72df307108dd6245dc376139bae4421cdf
parent28377e56ed22ecce60260eb8afdf0c9837b3505f
platform/x86/intel/ifs: Add metadata support

One of the existing reserved fields in the microcode header has been
allocated to indicate the size of metadata structures.

The location of metadata section within microcode header is as shown
below:

    Microcode Blob Format
   +----------------------+  Base
   |Header Version        |
   +----------------------+
   |Update revision       |
   +----------------------+
   |Date DDMMYYYY         |
   +----------------------+
   |Sig                   |
   +----------------------+
   |Checksum              |
   +----------------------+
   |Loader Version        |
   +----------------------+
   |Processor Flags       |
   +----------------------+
   |Data Size             |
   +----------------------+
   |Total Size            |
   +----------------------+
   |Meta Size             |
   +----------------------+
   |Reserved              |
   +----------------------+
   |Reserved              |
   +----------------------+  Base+48
   |                      |
   |    Microcode         |
   |     Data             |
   |                      |
   +----------------------+  Base+48+data_size-
   |                      |     meta_size
   |   Meta Data          |
   |   structure(s)       |
   |                      |
   +----------------------+  Base+48+data_size
   |                      |
   |   Extended Signature |
   |        Table         |
   |                      |
   +----------------------+  Base+total_size

Add an accessor function which will return a pointer to the start of a
specific meta_type being queried.

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Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221117035935.4136738-11-jithu.joseph@intel.com
drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/load.c