diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-intel-ifs b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-intel-ifs
index 486d6d2ff8a0..55991983d0d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-intel-ifs
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-intel-ifs
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 What:		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/run_test
-Date:		April 21 2022
-KernelVersion:	5.19
+Date:		Nov 16 2022
+KernelVersion:	6.2
 Contact:	"Jithu Joseph" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
 Description:	Write <cpu#> to trigger IFS test for one online core.
 		Note that the test is per core. The cpu# can be
 		for any thread on the core. Running on one thread
 		completes the test for the core containing that thread.
 		Example: to test the core containing cpu5: echo 5 >
-		/sys/devices/platform/intel_ifs.<N>/run_test
+		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/run_test
 
 What:		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/status
-Date:		April 21 2022
-KernelVersion:	5.19
+Date:		Nov 16 2022
+KernelVersion:	6.2
 Contact:	"Jithu Joseph" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
 Description:	The status of the last test. It can be one of "pass", "fail"
 		or "untested".
 
 What:		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/details
-Date:		April 21 2022
-KernelVersion:	5.19
+Date:		Nov 16 2022
+KernelVersion:	6.2
 Contact:	"Jithu Joseph" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
 Description:	Additional information regarding the last test. The details file reports
 		the hex value of the SCAN_STATUS MSR. Note that the error_code field
 		may contain driver defined software code not defined in the Intel SDM.
 
 What:		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/image_version
-Date:		April 21 2022
-KernelVersion:	5.19
+Date:		Nov 16 2022
+KernelVersion:	6.2
 Contact:	"Jithu Joseph" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
 Description:	Version (hexadecimal) of loaded IFS binary image. If no scan image
 		is loaded reports "none".
 
-What:		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/reload
-Date:		April 21 2022
-KernelVersion:	5.19
+What:		/sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/current_batch
+Date:		Nov 16 2022
+KernelVersion:	6.2
 Contact:	"Jithu Joseph" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
-Description:	Write "1" (or "y" or "Y") to reload the IFS image from
-		/lib/firmware/intel/ifs/ff-mm-ss.scan.
+Description:	Write a number less than or equal to 0xff to load an IFS test image.
+		The number written treated as the 2 digit suffix in the following file name:
+		/lib/firmware/intel/ifs_<N>/ff-mm-ss-02x.scan
+		Reading the file will provide the suffix of the currently loaded IFS test image.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
index b472ef76826a..78796b98a544 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -95,5 +95,7 @@ static inline bool intel_cpu_signatures_match(unsigned int s1, unsigned int p1,
 }
 
 extern u64 x86_read_arch_cap_msr(void);
+int intel_find_matching_signature(void *mc, unsigned int csig, int cpf);
+int intel_microcode_sanity_check(void *mc, bool print_err, int hdr_type);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPU_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
index 74ecc2bd6cd0..d5a58bde091c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ enum ucode_state {
 };
 
 struct microcode_ops {
-	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_fw) (int cpu, struct device *,
-						  bool refresh_fw);
+	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_fw) (int cpu, struct device *);
 
 	void (*microcode_fini_cpu) (int cpu);
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ struct microcode_ops {
 
 struct ucode_cpu_info {
 	struct cpu_signature	cpu_sig;
-	int			valid;
 	void			*mc;
 };
 extern struct ucode_cpu_info ucode_cpu_info[];
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
index 4c92cea7e4b5..f1fa979e05bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ struct microcode_header_intel {
 	unsigned int            pf;
 	unsigned int            datasize;
 	unsigned int            totalsize;
-	unsigned int            reserved[3];
+	unsigned int            metasize;
+	unsigned int            reserved[2];
 };
 
 struct microcode_intel {
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ struct extended_sigtable {
 #define DEFAULT_UCODE_TOTALSIZE (DEFAULT_UCODE_DATASIZE + MC_HEADER_SIZE)
 #define EXT_HEADER_SIZE		(sizeof(struct extended_sigtable))
 #define EXT_SIGNATURE_SIZE	(sizeof(struct extended_signature))
+#define MC_HEADER_TYPE_MICROCODE	1
+#define MC_HEADER_TYPE_IFS		2
 
 #define get_totalsize(mc) \
 	(((struct microcode_intel *)mc)->hdr.datasize ? \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 427899650483..291d4167fab8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -210,12 +210,154 @@ int intel_cpu_collect_info(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci)
 	csig.rev = intel_get_microcode_revision();
 
 	uci->cpu_sig = csig;
-	uci->valid = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_cpu_collect_info);
 
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if update has been found, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int intel_find_matching_signature(void *mc, unsigned int csig, int cpf)
+{
+	struct microcode_header_intel *mc_hdr = mc;
+	struct extended_sigtable *ext_hdr;
+	struct extended_signature *ext_sig;
+	int i;
+
+	if (intel_cpu_signatures_match(csig, cpf, mc_hdr->sig, mc_hdr->pf))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Look for ext. headers: */
+	if (get_totalsize(mc_hdr) <= get_datasize(mc_hdr) + MC_HEADER_SIZE)
+		return 0;
+
+	ext_hdr = mc + get_datasize(mc_hdr) + MC_HEADER_SIZE;
+	ext_sig = (void *)ext_hdr + EXT_HEADER_SIZE;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ext_hdr->count; i++) {
+		if (intel_cpu_signatures_match(csig, cpf, ext_sig->sig, ext_sig->pf))
+			return 1;
+		ext_sig++;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_find_matching_signature);
+
+/**
+ * intel_microcode_sanity_check() - Sanity check microcode file.
+ * @mc: Pointer to the microcode file contents.
+ * @print_err: Display failure reason if true, silent if false.
+ * @hdr_type: Type of file, i.e. normal microcode file or In Field Scan file.
+ *            Validate if the microcode header type matches with the type
+ *            specified here.
+ *
+ * Validate certain header fields and verify if computed checksum matches
+ * with the one specified in the header.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if the file passes all the checks, -EINVAL if any of the checks
+ * fail.
+ */
+int intel_microcode_sanity_check(void *mc, bool print_err, int hdr_type)
+{
+	unsigned long total_size, data_size, ext_table_size;
+	struct microcode_header_intel *mc_header = mc;
+	struct extended_sigtable *ext_header = NULL;
+	u32 sum, orig_sum, ext_sigcount = 0, i;
+	struct extended_signature *ext_sig;
+
+	total_size = get_totalsize(mc_header);
+	data_size = get_datasize(mc_header);
+
+	if (data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE > total_size) {
+		if (print_err)
+			pr_err("Error: bad microcode data file size.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (mc_header->ldrver != 1 || mc_header->hdrver != hdr_type) {
+		if (print_err)
+			pr_err("Error: invalid/unknown microcode update format. Header type %d\n",
+			       mc_header->hdrver);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	ext_table_size = total_size - (MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size);
+	if (ext_table_size) {
+		u32 ext_table_sum = 0;
+		u32 *ext_tablep;
+
+		if (ext_table_size < EXT_HEADER_SIZE ||
+		    ((ext_table_size - EXT_HEADER_SIZE) % EXT_SIGNATURE_SIZE)) {
+			if (print_err)
+				pr_err("Error: truncated extended signature table.\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		ext_header = mc + MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size;
+		if (ext_table_size != exttable_size(ext_header)) {
+			if (print_err)
+				pr_err("Error: extended signature table size mismatch.\n");
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
+
+		ext_sigcount = ext_header->count;
+
+		/*
+		 * Check extended table checksum: the sum of all dwords that
+		 * comprise a valid table must be 0.
+		 */
+		ext_tablep = (u32 *)ext_header;
+
+		i = ext_table_size / sizeof(u32);
+		while (i--)
+			ext_table_sum += ext_tablep[i];
+
+		if (ext_table_sum) {
+			if (print_err)
+				pr_warn("Bad extended signature table checksum, aborting.\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Calculate the checksum of update data and header. The checksum of
+	 * valid update data and header including the extended signature table
+	 * must be 0.
+	 */
+	orig_sum = 0;
+	i = (MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size) / sizeof(u32);
+	while (i--)
+		orig_sum += ((u32 *)mc)[i];
+
+	if (orig_sum) {
+		if (print_err)
+			pr_err("Bad microcode data checksum, aborting.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ext_table_size)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check extended signature checksum: 0 => valid.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ext_sigcount; i++) {
+		ext_sig = (void *)ext_header + EXT_HEADER_SIZE +
+			  EXT_SIGNATURE_SIZE * i;
+
+		sum = (mc_header->sig + mc_header->pf + mc_header->cksum) -
+		      (ext_sig->sig + ext_sig->pf + ext_sig->cksum);
+		if (sum) {
+			if (print_err)
+				pr_err("Bad extended signature checksum, aborting.\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_microcode_sanity_check);
+
 static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u64 misc_enable;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 3a35dec3ec55..56471f750762 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -901,8 +901,7 @@ load_microcode_amd(bool save, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t size)
  *
  * These might be larger than 2K.
  */
-static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device,
-					      bool refresh_fw)
+static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device)
 {
 	char fw_name[36] = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
@@ -911,7 +910,7 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device,
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 
 	/* reload ucode container only on the boot cpu */
-	if (!refresh_fw || !bsp)
+	if (!bsp)
 		return UCODE_OK;
 
 	if (c->x86 >= 0x15)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 6a41cee242f6..712aafff96e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -319,60 +319,6 @@ void reload_early_microcode(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void collect_cpu_info_local(void *arg)
-{
-	struct cpu_info_ctx *ctx = arg;
-
-	ctx->err = microcode_ops->collect_cpu_info(smp_processor_id(),
-						   ctx->cpu_sig);
-}
-
-static int collect_cpu_info_on_target(int cpu, struct cpu_signature *cpu_sig)
-{
-	struct cpu_info_ctx ctx = { .cpu_sig = cpu_sig, .err = 0 };
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, collect_cpu_info_local, &ctx, 1);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = ctx.err;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu)
-{
-	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
-	int ret;
-
-	memset(uci, 0, sizeof(*uci));
-
-	ret = collect_cpu_info_on_target(cpu, &uci->cpu_sig);
-	if (!ret)
-		uci->valid = 1;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void apply_microcode_local(void *arg)
-{
-	enum ucode_state *err = arg;
-
-	*err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(smp_processor_id());
-}
-
-static int apply_microcode_on_target(int cpu)
-{
-	enum ucode_state err;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, apply_microcode_local, &err, 1);
-	if (!ret) {
-		if (err == UCODE_ERROR)
-			ret = 1;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /* fake device for request_firmware */
 static struct platform_device	*microcode_pdev;
 
@@ -458,7 +404,7 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
 	 * below.
 	 */
 	if (cpumask_first(topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu)) == cpu)
-		apply_microcode_local(&err);
+		err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(cpu);
 	else
 		goto wait_for_siblings;
 
@@ -480,7 +426,7 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
 	 * revision.
 	 */
 	if (cpumask_first(topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu)) != cpu)
-		apply_microcode_local(&err);
+		err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(cpu);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -531,7 +477,7 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto put;
 
-	tmp_ret = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(bsp, &microcode_pdev->dev, true);
+	tmp_ret = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(bsp, &microcode_pdev->dev);
 	if (tmp_ret != UCODE_NEW)
 		goto put;
 
@@ -589,91 +535,17 @@ static void microcode_fini_cpu(int cpu)
 		microcode_ops->microcode_fini_cpu(cpu);
 }
 
-static enum ucode_state microcode_resume_cpu(int cpu)
-{
-	if (apply_microcode_on_target(cpu))
-		return UCODE_ERROR;
-
-	pr_debug("CPU%d updated upon resume\n", cpu);
-
-	return UCODE_OK;
-}
-
-static enum ucode_state microcode_init_cpu(int cpu, bool refresh_fw)
-{
-	enum ucode_state ustate;
-	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
-
-	if (uci->valid)
-		return UCODE_OK;
-
-	if (collect_cpu_info(cpu))
-		return UCODE_ERROR;
-
-	/* --dimm. Trigger a delayed update? */
-	if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING)
-		return UCODE_NFOUND;
-
-	ustate = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(cpu, &microcode_pdev->dev, refresh_fw);
-	if (ustate == UCODE_NEW) {
-		pr_debug("CPU%d updated upon init\n", cpu);
-		apply_microcode_on_target(cpu);
-	}
-
-	return ustate;
-}
-
-static enum ucode_state microcode_update_cpu(int cpu)
+static enum ucode_state microcode_init_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 
-	/* Refresh CPU microcode revision after resume. */
-	collect_cpu_info(cpu);
+	memset(uci, 0, sizeof(*uci));
 
-	if (uci->valid)
-		return microcode_resume_cpu(cpu);
+	microcode_ops->collect_cpu_info(cpu, &uci->cpu_sig);
 
-	return microcode_init_cpu(cpu, false);
+	return microcode_ops->apply_microcode(cpu);
 }
 
-static int mc_device_add(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
-{
-	int err, cpu = dev->id;
-
-	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
-		return 0;
-
-	pr_debug("CPU%d added\n", cpu);
-
-	err = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu, true) == UCODE_ERROR)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-static void mc_device_remove(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
-{
-	int cpu = dev->id;
-
-	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
-		return;
-
-	pr_debug("CPU%d removed\n", cpu);
-	microcode_fini_cpu(cpu);
-	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group);
-}
-
-static struct subsys_interface mc_cpu_interface = {
-	.name			= "microcode",
-	.subsys			= &cpu_subsys,
-	.add_dev		= mc_device_add,
-	.remove_dev		= mc_device_remove,
-};
-
 /**
  * microcode_bsp_resume - Update boot CPU microcode during resume.
  */
@@ -682,21 +554,23 @@ void microcode_bsp_resume(void)
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
 
-	if (uci->valid && uci->mc)
+	if (uci->mc)
 		microcode_ops->apply_microcode(cpu);
-	else if (!uci->mc)
+	else
 		reload_early_microcode();
 }
 
 static struct syscore_ops mc_syscore_ops = {
-	.resume			= microcode_bsp_resume,
+	.resume	= microcode_bsp_resume,
 };
 
 static int mc_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	microcode_update_cpu(cpu);
-	pr_debug("CPU%d added\n", cpu);
-	return 0;
+	enum ucode_state err = microcode_ops->apply_microcode(cpu);
+
+	pr_debug("%s: CPU%d, err: %d\n", __func__, cpu, err);
+
+	return err == UCODE_ERROR;
 }
 
 static int mc_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
@@ -713,13 +587,30 @@ static int mc_cpu_down_prep(unsigned int cpu)
 	struct device *dev;
 
 	dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
+
+	microcode_fini_cpu(cpu);
+
 	/* Suspend is in progress, only remove the interface */
 	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group);
-	pr_debug("CPU%d removed\n", cpu);
+	pr_debug("%s: CPU%d\n", __func__, cpu);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void setup_online_cpu(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	enum ucode_state err;
+
+	err = microcode_init_cpu(cpu);
+	if (err == UCODE_ERROR) {
+		pr_err("Error applying microcode on CPU%d\n", cpu);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	mc_cpu_online(cpu);
+}
+
 static struct attribute *cpu_root_microcode_attrs[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
 	&dev_attr_reload.attr,
@@ -750,28 +641,19 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
 	if (!microcode_ops)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	microcode_pdev = platform_device_register_simple("microcode", -1,
-							 NULL, 0);
+	microcode_pdev = platform_device_register_simple("microcode", -1, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(microcode_pdev))
 		return PTR_ERR(microcode_pdev);
 
-	cpus_read_lock();
-	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
-	error = subsys_interface_register(&mc_cpu_interface);
-	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
-	cpus_read_unlock();
-
-	if (error)
-		goto out_pdev;
-
-	error = sysfs_create_group(&cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj,
-				   &cpu_root_microcode_group);
-
+	error = sysfs_create_group(&cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj, &cpu_root_microcode_group);
 	if (error) {
 		pr_err("Error creating microcode group!\n");
-		goto out_driver;
+		goto out_pdev;
 	}
 
+	/* Do per-CPU setup */
+	schedule_on_each_cpu(setup_online_cpu);
+
 	register_syscore_ops(&mc_syscore_ops);
 	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_MICROCODE_LOADER, "x86/microcode:starting",
 				  mc_cpu_starting, NULL);
@@ -782,15 +664,6 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 
- out_driver:
-	cpus_read_lock();
-	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
-
-	subsys_interface_unregister(&mc_cpu_interface);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
-	cpus_read_unlock();
-
  out_pdev:
 	platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);
 	return error;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index fdd2c4a754ce..cac2bdb57f0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -45,34 +45,6 @@ static struct microcode_intel *intel_ucode_patch;
 /* last level cache size per core */
 static int llc_size_per_core;
 
-/*
- * Returns 1 if update has been found, 0 otherwise.
- */
-static int find_matching_signature(void *mc, unsigned int csig, int cpf)
-{
-	struct microcode_header_intel *mc_hdr = mc;
-	struct extended_sigtable *ext_hdr;
-	struct extended_signature *ext_sig;
-	int i;
-
-	if (intel_cpu_signatures_match(csig, cpf, mc_hdr->sig, mc_hdr->pf))
-		return 1;
-
-	/* Look for ext. headers: */
-	if (get_totalsize(mc_hdr) <= get_datasize(mc_hdr) + MC_HEADER_SIZE)
-		return 0;
-
-	ext_hdr = mc + get_datasize(mc_hdr) + MC_HEADER_SIZE;
-	ext_sig = (void *)ext_hdr + EXT_HEADER_SIZE;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ext_hdr->count; i++) {
-		if (intel_cpu_signatures_match(csig, cpf, ext_sig->sig, ext_sig->pf))
-			return 1;
-		ext_sig++;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Returns 1 if update has been found, 0 otherwise.
  */
@@ -83,7 +55,7 @@ static int has_newer_microcode(void *mc, unsigned int csig, int cpf, int new_rev
 	if (mc_hdr->rev <= new_rev)
 		return 0;
 
-	return find_matching_signature(mc, csig, cpf);
+	return intel_find_matching_signature(mc, csig, cpf);
 }
 
 static struct ucode_patch *memdup_patch(void *data, unsigned int size)
@@ -117,7 +89,7 @@ static void save_microcode_patch(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, void *data, unsigne
 		sig	     = mc_saved_hdr->sig;
 		pf	     = mc_saved_hdr->pf;
 
-		if (find_matching_signature(data, sig, pf)) {
+		if (intel_find_matching_signature(data, sig, pf)) {
 			prev_found = true;
 
 			if (mc_hdr->rev <= mc_saved_hdr->rev)
@@ -149,7 +121,7 @@ static void save_microcode_patch(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, void *data, unsigne
 	if (!p)
 		return;
 
-	if (!find_matching_signature(p->data, uci->cpu_sig.sig, uci->cpu_sig.pf))
+	if (!intel_find_matching_signature(p->data, uci->cpu_sig.sig, uci->cpu_sig.pf))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -163,104 +135,6 @@ static void save_microcode_patch(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, void *data, unsigne
 		intel_ucode_patch = p->data;
 }
 
-static int microcode_sanity_check(void *mc, int print_err)
-{
-	unsigned long total_size, data_size, ext_table_size;
-	struct microcode_header_intel *mc_header = mc;
-	struct extended_sigtable *ext_header = NULL;
-	u32 sum, orig_sum, ext_sigcount = 0, i;
-	struct extended_signature *ext_sig;
-
-	total_size = get_totalsize(mc_header);
-	data_size = get_datasize(mc_header);
-
-	if (data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE > total_size) {
-		if (print_err)
-			pr_err("Error: bad microcode data file size.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (mc_header->ldrver != 1 || mc_header->hdrver != 1) {
-		if (print_err)
-			pr_err("Error: invalid/unknown microcode update format.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	ext_table_size = total_size - (MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size);
-	if (ext_table_size) {
-		u32 ext_table_sum = 0;
-		u32 *ext_tablep;
-
-		if ((ext_table_size < EXT_HEADER_SIZE)
-		 || ((ext_table_size - EXT_HEADER_SIZE) % EXT_SIGNATURE_SIZE)) {
-			if (print_err)
-				pr_err("Error: truncated extended signature table.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-
-		ext_header = mc + MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size;
-		if (ext_table_size != exttable_size(ext_header)) {
-			if (print_err)
-				pr_err("Error: extended signature table size mismatch.\n");
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-
-		ext_sigcount = ext_header->count;
-
-		/*
-		 * Check extended table checksum: the sum of all dwords that
-		 * comprise a valid table must be 0.
-		 */
-		ext_tablep = (u32 *)ext_header;
-
-		i = ext_table_size / sizeof(u32);
-		while (i--)
-			ext_table_sum += ext_tablep[i];
-
-		if (ext_table_sum) {
-			if (print_err)
-				pr_warn("Bad extended signature table checksum, aborting.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Calculate the checksum of update data and header. The checksum of
-	 * valid update data and header including the extended signature table
-	 * must be 0.
-	 */
-	orig_sum = 0;
-	i = (MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size) / sizeof(u32);
-	while (i--)
-		orig_sum += ((u32 *)mc)[i];
-
-	if (orig_sum) {
-		if (print_err)
-			pr_err("Bad microcode data checksum, aborting.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (!ext_table_size)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check extended signature checksum: 0 => valid.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < ext_sigcount; i++) {
-		ext_sig = (void *)ext_header + EXT_HEADER_SIZE +
-			  EXT_SIGNATURE_SIZE * i;
-
-		sum = (mc_header->sig + mc_header->pf + mc_header->cksum) -
-		      (ext_sig->sig + ext_sig->pf + ext_sig->cksum);
-		if (sum) {
-			if (print_err)
-				pr_err("Bad extended signature checksum, aborting.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Get microcode matching with BSP's model. Only CPUs with the same model as
  * BSP can stay in the platform.
@@ -281,13 +155,13 @@ scan_microcode(void *data, size_t size, struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, bool save)
 		mc_size = get_totalsize(mc_header);
 		if (!mc_size ||
 		    mc_size > size ||
-		    microcode_sanity_check(data, 0) < 0)
+		    intel_microcode_sanity_check(data, false, MC_HEADER_TYPE_MICROCODE) < 0)
 			break;
 
 		size -= mc_size;
 
-		if (!find_matching_signature(data, uci->cpu_sig.sig,
-					     uci->cpu_sig.pf)) {
+		if (!intel_find_matching_signature(data, uci->cpu_sig.sig,
+						   uci->cpu_sig.pf)) {
 			data += mc_size;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -621,7 +495,6 @@ void load_ucode_intel_ap(void)
 	else
 		iup = &intel_ucode_patch;
 
-reget:
 	if (!*iup) {
 		patch = __load_ucode_intel(&uci);
 		if (!patch)
@@ -632,12 +505,7 @@ void load_ucode_intel_ap(void)
 
 	uci.mc = *iup;
 
-	if (apply_microcode_early(&uci, true)) {
-		/* Mixed-silicon system? Try to refetch the proper patch: */
-		*iup = NULL;
-
-		goto reget;
-	}
+	apply_microcode_early(&uci, true);
 }
 
 static struct microcode_intel *find_patch(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci)
@@ -652,9 +520,9 @@ static struct microcode_intel *find_patch(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci)
 		if (phdr->rev <= uci->cpu_sig.rev)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!find_matching_signature(phdr,
-					     uci->cpu_sig.sig,
-					     uci->cpu_sig.pf))
+		if (!intel_find_matching_signature(phdr,
+						   uci->cpu_sig.sig,
+						   uci->cpu_sig.pf))
 			continue;
 
 		return iter->data;
@@ -680,7 +548,6 @@ void reload_ucode_intel(void)
 
 static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig)
 {
-	static struct cpu_signature prev;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu_num);
 	unsigned int val[2];
 
@@ -696,13 +563,6 @@ static int collect_cpu_info(int cpu_num, struct cpu_signature *csig)
 
 	csig->rev = c->microcode;
 
-	/* No extra locking on prev, races are harmless. */
-	if (csig->sig != prev.sig || csig->pf != prev.pf || csig->rev != prev.rev) {
-		pr_info("sig=0x%x, pf=0x%x, revision=0x%x\n",
-			csig->sig, csig->pf, csig->rev);
-		prev = *csig;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -820,7 +680,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		memcpy(mc, &mc_header, sizeof(mc_header));
 		data = mc + sizeof(mc_header);
 		if (!copy_from_iter_full(data, data_size, iter) ||
-		    microcode_sanity_check(mc, 1) < 0) {
+		    intel_microcode_sanity_check(mc, true, MC_HEADER_TYPE_MICROCODE) < 0) {
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -885,8 +745,7 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
-					     bool refresh_fw)
+static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	const struct firmware *firmware;
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/Kconfig
index c341a27cc1a3..3eded966757e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 config INTEL_IFS
 	tristate "Intel In Field Scan"
 	depends on X86 && CPU_SUP_INTEL && 64BIT && SMP
-	# Discussion on the list has shown that the sysfs API needs a bit
-	# more work, mark this as broken for now
-	depends on BROKEN
-	select INTEL_IFS_DEVICE
 	help
 	  Enable support for the In Field Scan capability in select
 	  CPUs. The capability allows for running low level tests via
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c
index 27204e3d674d..206a617c2e02 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, ifs_cpu_ids);
 static struct ifs_device ifs_device = {
 	.data = {
 		.integrity_cap_bit = MSR_INTEGRITY_CAPS_PERIODIC_BIST_BIT,
+		.test_num = 0,
 	},
 	.misc = {
 		.name = "intel_ifs_0",
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ static int __init ifs_init(void)
 {
 	const struct x86_cpu_id *m;
 	u64 msrval;
+	int ret;
 
 	m = x86_match_cpu(ifs_cpu_ids);
 	if (!m)
@@ -50,20 +53,26 @@ static int __init ifs_init(void)
 
 	ifs_device.misc.groups = ifs_get_groups();
 
-	if ((msrval & BIT(ifs_device.data.integrity_cap_bit)) &&
-	    !misc_register(&ifs_device.misc)) {
-		down(&ifs_sem);
-		ifs_load_firmware(ifs_device.misc.this_device);
-		up(&ifs_sem);
-		return 0;
+	if (!(msrval & BIT(ifs_device.data.integrity_cap_bit)))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ifs_device.data.pkg_auth = kmalloc_array(topology_max_packages(), sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ifs_device.data.pkg_auth)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = misc_register(&ifs_device.misc);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(ifs_device.data.pkg_auth);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	return -ENODEV;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit ifs_exit(void)
 {
 	misc_deregister(&ifs_device.misc);
+	kfree(ifs_device.data.pkg_auth);
 }
 
 module_init(ifs_init);
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h
index 73c8e91cf144..046e39304fd5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h
@@ -33,13 +33,23 @@
  * The driver loads the tests into memory reserved BIOS local to each CPU
  * socket in a two step process using writes to MSRs to first load the
  * SHA hashes for the test. Then the tests themselves. Status MSRs provide
- * feedback on the success/failure of these steps. When a new test file
- * is installed it can be loaded by writing to the driver reload file::
+ * feedback on the success/failure of these steps.
  *
- *   # echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_0/reload
+ * The test files are kept in a fixed location: /lib/firmware/intel/ifs_0/
+ * For e.g if there are 3 test files, they would be named in the following
+ * fashion:
+ * ff-mm-ss-01.scan
+ * ff-mm-ss-02.scan
+ * ff-mm-ss-03.scan
+ * (where ff refers to family, mm indicates model and ss indicates stepping)
  *
- * Similar to microcode, the current version of the scan tests is stored
- * in a fixed location: /lib/firmware/intel/ifs.0/family-model-stepping.scan
+ * A different test file can be loaded by writing the numerical portion
+ * (e.g 1, 2 or 3 in the above scenario) into the curent_batch file.
+ * To load ff-mm-ss-02.scan, the following command can be used::
+ *
+ *   # echo 2 > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_0/current_batch
+ *
+ * The above file can also be read to know the currently loaded image.
  *
  * Running tests
  * -------------
@@ -191,20 +201,26 @@ union ifs_status {
  * struct ifs_data - attributes related to intel IFS driver
  * @integrity_cap_bit: MSR_INTEGRITY_CAPS bit enumerating this test
  * @loaded_version: stores the currently loaded ifs image version.
+ * @pkg_auth: array of bool storing per package auth status
  * @loaded: If a valid test binary has been loaded into the memory
  * @loading_error: Error occurred on another CPU while loading image
  * @valid_chunks: number of chunks which could be validated.
  * @status: it holds simple status pass/fail/untested
  * @scan_details: opaque scan status code from h/w
+ * @cur_batch: number indicating the currently loaded test file
+ * @test_num: number indicating the test type
  */
 struct ifs_data {
 	int	integrity_cap_bit;
+	bool	*pkg_auth;
 	int	loaded_version;
 	bool	loaded;
 	bool	loading_error;
 	int	valid_chunks;
 	int	status;
 	u64	scan_details;
+	u32	cur_batch;
+	int	test_num;
 };
 
 struct ifs_work {
@@ -225,10 +241,8 @@ static inline struct ifs_data *ifs_get_data(struct device *dev)
 	return &d->data;
 }
 
-void ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev);
+int ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev);
 int do_core_test(int cpu, struct device *dev);
 const struct attribute_group **ifs_get_groups(void);
 
-extern struct semaphore ifs_sem;
-
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/load.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/load.c
index d056617ddc85..c5c24e6fdc43 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/load.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/load.c
@@ -3,27 +3,30 @@
 
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/microcode_intel.h>
 
 #include "ifs.h"
 
-struct ifs_header {
-	u32 header_ver;
-	u32 blob_revision;
-	u32 date;
-	u32 processor_sig;
-	u32 check_sum;
-	u32 loader_rev;
-	u32 processor_flags;
-	u32 metadata_size;
-	u32 total_size;
-	u32 fusa_info;
-	u64 reserved;
+#define IFS_CHUNK_ALIGNMENT	256
+union meta_data {
+	struct {
+		u32 meta_type;		// metadata type
+		u32 meta_size;		// size of this entire struct including hdrs.
+		u32 test_type;		// IFS test type
+		u32 fusa_info;		// Fusa info
+		u32 total_images;	// Total number of images
+		u32 current_image;	// Current Image #
+		u32 total_chunks;	// Total number of chunks in this image
+		u32 starting_chunk;	// Starting chunk number in this image
+		u32 size_per_chunk;	// size of each chunk
+		u32 chunks_per_stride;	// number of chunks in a stride
+	};
+	u8 padding[IFS_CHUNK_ALIGNMENT];
 };
 
-#define IFS_HEADER_SIZE	(sizeof(struct ifs_header))
-static struct ifs_header *ifs_header_ptr;	/* pointer to the ifs image header */
+#define IFS_HEADER_SIZE	(sizeof(struct microcode_header_intel))
+#define META_TYPE_IFS	1
+static  struct microcode_header_intel *ifs_header_ptr;	/* pointer to the ifs image header */
 static u64 ifs_hash_ptr;			/* Address of ifs metadata (hash) */
 static u64 ifs_test_image_ptr;			/* 256B aligned address of test pattern */
 static DECLARE_COMPLETION(ifs_done);
@@ -44,6 +47,38 @@ static const char * const scan_authentication_status[] = {
 	[2] = "Chunk authentication error. The hash of chunk did not match expected value"
 };
 
+#define MC_HEADER_META_TYPE_END		(0)
+
+struct metadata_header {
+	unsigned int		type;
+	unsigned int		blk_size;
+};
+
+static struct metadata_header *find_meta_data(void *ucode, unsigned int meta_type)
+{
+	struct metadata_header *meta_header;
+	unsigned long data_size, total_meta;
+	unsigned long meta_size = 0;
+
+	data_size = get_datasize(ucode);
+	total_meta = ((struct microcode_intel *)ucode)->hdr.metasize;
+	if (!total_meta)
+		return NULL;
+
+	meta_header = (ucode + MC_HEADER_SIZE + data_size) - total_meta;
+
+	while (meta_header->type != MC_HEADER_META_TYPE_END &&
+	       meta_header->blk_size &&
+	       meta_size < total_meta) {
+		meta_size += meta_header->blk_size;
+		if (meta_header->type == meta_type)
+			return meta_header;
+
+		meta_header = (void *)meta_header + meta_header->blk_size;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * To copy scan hashes and authenticate test chunks, the initiating cpu must point
  * to the EDX:EAX to the test image in linear address.
@@ -111,6 +146,41 @@ static void copy_hashes_authenticate_chunks(struct work_struct *work)
 	complete(&ifs_done);
 }
 
+static int validate_ifs_metadata(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct ifs_data *ifsd = ifs_get_data(dev);
+	union meta_data *ifs_meta;
+	char test_file[64];
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	snprintf(test_file, sizeof(test_file), "%02x-%02x-%02x-%02x.scan",
+		 boot_cpu_data.x86, boot_cpu_data.x86_model,
+		 boot_cpu_data.x86_stepping, ifsd->cur_batch);
+
+	ifs_meta = (union meta_data *)find_meta_data(ifs_header_ptr, META_TYPE_IFS);
+	if (!ifs_meta) {
+		dev_err(dev, "IFS Metadata missing in file %s\n", test_file);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ifs_test_image_ptr = (u64)ifs_meta + sizeof(union meta_data);
+
+	/* Scan chunk start must be 256 byte aligned */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(ifs_test_image_ptr, IFS_CHUNK_ALIGNMENT)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Scan pattern is not aligned on %d bytes aligned in %s\n",
+			IFS_CHUNK_ALIGNMENT, test_file);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (ifs_meta->current_image != ifsd->cur_batch) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "Mismatch between filename %s and batch metadata 0x%02x\n",
+			 test_file, ifs_meta->current_image);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * IFS requires scan chunks authenticated per each socket in the platform.
  * Once the test chunk is authenticated, it is automatically copied to secured memory
@@ -118,131 +188,83 @@ static void copy_hashes_authenticate_chunks(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 static int scan_chunks_sanity_check(struct device *dev)
 {
-	int metadata_size, curr_pkg, cpu, ret = -ENOMEM;
 	struct ifs_data *ifsd = ifs_get_data(dev);
-	bool *package_authenticated;
 	struct ifs_work local_work;
-	char *test_ptr;
+	int curr_pkg, cpu, ret;
 
-	package_authenticated = kcalloc(topology_max_packages(), sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!package_authenticated)
+	memset(ifsd->pkg_auth, 0, (topology_max_packages() * sizeof(bool)));
+	ret = validate_ifs_metadata(dev);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	metadata_size = ifs_header_ptr->metadata_size;
-
-	/* Spec says that if the Meta Data Size = 0 then it should be treated as 2000 */
-	if (metadata_size == 0)
-		metadata_size = 2000;
-
-	/* Scan chunk start must be 256 byte aligned */
-	if ((metadata_size + IFS_HEADER_SIZE) % 256) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Scan pattern offset within the binary is not 256 byte aligned\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	test_ptr = (char *)ifs_header_ptr + IFS_HEADER_SIZE + metadata_size;
 	ifsd->loading_error = false;
-
-	ifs_test_image_ptr = (u64)test_ptr;
-	ifsd->loaded_version = ifs_header_ptr->blob_revision;
+	ifsd->loaded_version = ifs_header_ptr->rev;
 
 	/* copy the scan hash and authenticate per package */
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		curr_pkg = topology_physical_package_id(cpu);
-		if (package_authenticated[curr_pkg])
+		if (ifsd->pkg_auth[curr_pkg])
 			continue;
 		reinit_completion(&ifs_done);
 		local_work.dev = dev;
 		INIT_WORK(&local_work.w, copy_hashes_authenticate_chunks);
 		schedule_work_on(cpu, &local_work.w);
 		wait_for_completion(&ifs_done);
-		if (ifsd->loading_error)
+		if (ifsd->loading_error) {
+			ret = -EIO;
 			goto out;
-		package_authenticated[curr_pkg] = 1;
+		}
+		ifsd->pkg_auth[curr_pkg] = 1;
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	cpus_read_unlock();
-	kfree(package_authenticated);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ifs_sanity_check(struct device *dev,
-			    const struct microcode_header_intel *mc_header)
+static int image_sanity_check(struct device *dev, const struct microcode_header_intel *data)
 {
-	unsigned long total_size, data_size;
-	u32 sum, *mc;
+	struct ucode_cpu_info uci;
 
-	total_size = get_totalsize(mc_header);
-	data_size = get_datasize(mc_header);
-
-	if ((data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE > total_size) || (total_size % sizeof(u32))) {
-		dev_err(dev, "bad ifs data file size.\n");
+	/* Provide a specific error message when loading an older/unsupported image */
+	if (data->hdrver != MC_HEADER_TYPE_IFS) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Header version %d not supported\n", data->hdrver);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (mc_header->ldrver != 1 || mc_header->hdrver != 1) {
-		dev_err(dev, "invalid/unknown ifs update format.\n");
+	if (intel_microcode_sanity_check((void *)data, true, MC_HEADER_TYPE_IFS)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "sanity check failed\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mc = (u32 *)mc_header;
-	sum = 0;
-	for (int i = 0; i < total_size / sizeof(u32); i++)
-		sum += mc[i];
+	intel_cpu_collect_info(&uci);
 
-	if (sum) {
-		dev_err(dev, "bad ifs data checksum, aborting.\n");
+	if (!intel_find_matching_signature((void *)data,
+					   uci.cpu_sig.sig,
+					   uci.cpu_sig.pf)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "cpu signature, processor flags not matching\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool find_ifs_matching_signature(struct device *dev, struct ucode_cpu_info *uci,
-					const struct microcode_header_intel *shdr)
-{
-	unsigned int mc_size;
-
-	mc_size = get_totalsize(shdr);
-
-	if (!mc_size || ifs_sanity_check(dev, shdr) < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "ifs sanity check failure\n");
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (!intel_cpu_signatures_match(uci->cpu_sig.sig, uci->cpu_sig.pf, shdr->sig, shdr->pf)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "ifs signature, pf not matching\n");
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-static bool ifs_image_sanity_check(struct device *dev, const struct microcode_header_intel *data)
-{
-	struct ucode_cpu_info uci;
-
-	intel_cpu_collect_info(&uci);
-
-	return find_ifs_matching_signature(dev, &uci, data);
-}
-
 /*
  * Load ifs image. Before loading ifs module, the ifs image must be located
- * in /lib/firmware/intel/ifs and named as {family/model/stepping}.{testname}.
+ * in /lib/firmware/intel/ifs_x/ and named as family-model-stepping-02x.{testname}.
  */
-void ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev)
+int ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct ifs_data *ifsd = ifs_get_data(dev);
 	const struct firmware *fw;
-	char scan_path[32];
-	int ret;
+	char scan_path[64];
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	snprintf(scan_path, sizeof(scan_path), "intel/ifs/%02x-%02x-%02x.scan",
-		 boot_cpu_data.x86, boot_cpu_data.x86_model, boot_cpu_data.x86_stepping);
+	snprintf(scan_path, sizeof(scan_path), "intel/ifs_%d/%02x-%02x-%02x-%02x.scan",
+		 ifsd->test_num, boot_cpu_data.x86, boot_cpu_data.x86_model,
+		 boot_cpu_data.x86_stepping, ifsd->cur_batch);
 
 	ret = request_firmware_direct(&fw, scan_path, dev);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -250,17 +272,21 @@ void ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	if (!ifs_image_sanity_check(dev, (struct microcode_header_intel *)fw->data)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "ifs header sanity check failed\n");
+	ret = image_sanity_check(dev, (struct microcode_header_intel *)fw->data);
+	if (ret)
 		goto release;
-	}
 
-	ifs_header_ptr = (struct ifs_header *)fw->data;
+	ifs_header_ptr = (struct microcode_header_intel *)fw->data;
 	ifs_hash_ptr = (u64)(ifs_header_ptr + 1);
 
 	ret = scan_chunks_sanity_check(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "Load failure for batch: %02x\n", ifsd->cur_batch);
+
 release:
 	release_firmware(fw);
 done:
 	ifsd->loaded = (ret == 0);
+
+	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c
index b2ca2bb4501f..0bfd8fcdd7e8 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c
@@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ static void message_not_tested(struct device *dev, int cpu, union ifs_status sta
 
 static void message_fail(struct device *dev, int cpu, union ifs_status status)
 {
+	struct ifs_data *ifsd = ifs_get_data(dev);
+
 	/*
 	 * control_error is set when the microcode runs into a problem
 	 * loading the image from the reserved BIOS memory, or it has
 	 * been corrupted. Reloading the image may fix this issue.
 	 */
 	if (status.control_error) {
-		dev_err(dev, "CPU(s) %*pbl: could not execute from loaded scan image\n",
-			cpumask_pr_args(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)));
+		dev_err(dev, "CPU(s) %*pbl: could not execute from loaded scan image. Batch: %02x version: 0x%x\n",
+			cpumask_pr_args(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)), ifsd->cur_batch, ifsd->loaded_version);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ static void message_fail(struct device *dev, int cpu, union ifs_status status)
 	 * the core being tested.
 	 */
 	if (status.signature_error) {
-		dev_err(dev, "CPU(s) %*pbl: test signature incorrect.\n",
-			cpumask_pr_args(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)));
+		dev_err(dev, "CPU(s) %*pbl: test signature incorrect. Batch: %02x version: 0x%x\n",
+			cpumask_pr_args(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)), ifsd->cur_batch, ifsd->loaded_version);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c
index 37d8380d6fa8..ee636a76b083 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Protects against simultaneous tests on multiple cores, or
  * reloading can file while a test is in progress
  */
-DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(ifs_sem);
+static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(ifs_sem);
 
 /*
  * The sysfs interface to check additional details of last test
@@ -87,33 +87,42 @@ static ssize_t run_test_store(struct device *dev,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(run_test);
 
-/*
- * Reload the IFS image. When user wants to install new IFS image
- */
-static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
-			    struct device_attribute *attr,
-			    const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t current_batch_store(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr,
+				   const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct ifs_data *ifsd = ifs_get_data(dev);
-	bool res;
+	unsigned int cur_batch;
+	int rc;
 
-
-	if (kstrtobool(buf, &res))
+	rc = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &cur_batch);
+	if (rc < 0 || cur_batch > 0xff)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!res)
-		return count;
 
 	if (down_interruptible(&ifs_sem))
 		return -EINTR;
 
-	ifs_load_firmware(dev);
+	ifsd->cur_batch = cur_batch;
+
+	rc = ifs_load_firmware(dev);
 
 	up(&ifs_sem);
 
-	return ifsd->loaded ? count : -ENODEV;
+	return (rc == 0) ? count : rc;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(reload);
+static ssize_t current_batch_show(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct ifs_data *ifsd = ifs_get_data(dev);
+
+	if (!ifsd->loaded)
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "none\n");
+	else
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "0x%02x\n", ifsd->cur_batch);
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(current_batch);
 
 /*
  * Display currently loaded IFS image version.
@@ -136,7 +145,7 @@ static struct attribute *plat_ifs_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_details.attr,
 	&dev_attr_status.attr,
 	&dev_attr_run_test.attr,
-	&dev_attr_reload.attr,
+	&dev_attr_current_batch.attr,
 	&dev_attr_image_version.attr,
 	NULL
 };