Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/MCE/AMD: Get address from already initialized block

Johannes Hirte
2018-05-17T19:29:34Z

On 2018 Mai 17, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 08:49:31AM +0200, Johannes Hirte wrote:
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but those RDMSR IPSs don't happen on
> > pre-SMCA systems, right? So the caching should be avoided here, cause
> > the whole lookup looks more expensive to me than the simple switch-block
> > in get_block_address.
>
> Yeah, and we should simply cache all those MSR values as I suggested then.
>
> The patch at the end should fix your issue.
>

Works as expected on my Carrizo.

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Regards,
Johannes