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From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for May 29 (__rdmsr_on_cpu() OOPS)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:13:25 +0200
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Hi,

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 09:37:57PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wro=
te:
>=20
> next-20090529 oopses in __rdmsr_on_cpu() on my Pentium M laptop.
>=20
> .jpg + .config:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bart/next-20090529-oops=
=2E*
>=20
> (gdb) l *0xc023410f
> 0xc023410f is in __rdmsr_on_cpu (arch/x86/lib/msr.c:25).
> 20              if (rv->msrs)
> 21                      reg =3D &rv->msrs[this_cpu - rv->off];
> 22              else
> 23                      reg =3D &rv->reg;
> 24
> 25              rdmsr(rv->msr_no, reg->l, reg->h);
> 26      }
> 27
> 28      static void __wrmsr_on_cpu(void *info)
> 29      {
>=20
> Thus the problem seems to be introduced by:
>=20
> commit 23d19840368b2787d2da97ad0f0f29248503648a
> Author: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
> Date:   Fri May 22 13:52:19 2009 +0200
>=20
>     x86: MSR: add methods for writing of an MSR on several CPUs
> ...
>=20
> and indeed the following patch fixes it:
>=20
> [ Borislav, feel free to fold it into the above change or replace by
>   a more complete one if needed (there may be more rv fields needing
>   initialization). ]
>=20
> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: MSR: fix __rdmsr_on_cpu() OOPS
>=20
> {rd,wr}msr_on_cpu() need to explicitly initalize rv.msrs
> (since rv is allocated on the stack).
>=20
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>

Thanks.

I went and zeroed out the whole struct so that no stale data sneaks
in. I'm still adding your S-O-B to the patch, if you don't mind, that
is.

--=20
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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