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[xen staging] x86/ucode: Drop structurally unreachable ASSERT()s



commit 76f80eaf70b2fafa12f8533cf6aa700efa541a82
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 17 21:11:36 2025 +0000
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon Nov 24 15:17:39 2025 +0000

    x86/ucode: Drop structurally unreachable ASSERT()s
    
    It's impossible for wait_for_state() to return false when looking for
    LOADING_EXIT, so much so that the optimiser can drop the ASSERT()s.
    
    No functional change.
    
    Fixes: 5ed12565aa32 ("microcode: rendezvous CPUs in NMI handler and load 
ucode")
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/core.c | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/core.c 
b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/core.c
index ecee400f28..7aaf62839f 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -320,12 +320,10 @@ static int secondary_thread_fn(void)
     self_nmi();
 
     /*
-     * Wait for ucode loading is done in case that the NMI does not arrive
-     * synchronously, which may lead to a not-yet-updated CPU signature is
-     * copied below.
+     * NMIs may not be delivered synchronously.  Wait for the primary threads
+     * to be done.
      */
-    if ( unlikely(!wait_for_state(LOADING_EXIT)) )
-        ASSERT_UNREACHABLE();
+    wait_for_state(LOADING_EXIT);
 
     /* Copy update revision from the primary thread. */
     this_cpu(cpu_sig).rev =
@@ -345,12 +343,10 @@ static int primary_thread_fn(const struct microcode_patch 
*patch,
         self_nmi();
 
         /*
-         * Wait for ucode loading is done in case that the NMI does not arrive
-         * synchronously, which may lead to a not-yet-updated error is returned
-         * below.
+         * NMIs may not be delivered synchronously.  Wait for the primary
+         * threads to be done.
          */
-        if ( unlikely(!wait_for_state(LOADING_EXIT)) )
-            ASSERT_UNREACHABLE();
+        wait_for_state(LOADING_EXIT);
 
         return this_cpu(loading_err);
     }
--
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