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From: "tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@kernel.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@linux.intel.com, borislav.petkov@amd.com
Subject: [tip:x86/extable] x86, doc: Revert "x86: Document rdmsr_safe restrictions"
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:29:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-060feb650010c261fcfbae9de9348b46cedcd3cd@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120419171609.GH3221@aftab.osrc.amd.com>

Commit-ID:  060feb650010c261fcfbae9de9348b46cedcd3cd
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/060feb650010c261fcfbae9de9348b46cedcd3cd
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:07:34 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:07:34 -0700

x86, doc: Revert "x86: Document rdmsr_safe restrictions"

This reverts commit ce37defc0f6673f5ca2c92ed5cfcaf290ae7dd16
"x86: Document rdmsr_safe restrictions", as these restrictions no longer apply.

Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120419171609.GH3221@aftab.osrc.amd.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h |    9 +--------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 95203d4..084ef95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -169,14 +169,7 @@ static inline int wrmsr_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
 	return native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high);
 }
 
-/*
- * rdmsr with exception handling.
- *
- * Please note that the exception handling works only after we've
- * switched to the "smart" #GP handler in trap_init() which knows about
- * exception tables - using this macro earlier than that causes machine
- * hangs on boxes which do not implement the @msr in the first argument.
- */
+/* rdmsr with exception handling */
 #define rdmsr_safe(msr, p1, p2)					\
 ({								\
 	int __err;						\

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-20  0:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-19  0:16 [PATCH 0/5] RFC: x86: Early exception table support H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  0:16 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86, nop: Make the ASM_NOP* macros work from assembly H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  9:29   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-04-20  0:24   ` [tip:x86/extable] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  0:16 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86: Add symbolic constant for exceptions with error code H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  9:30   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-04-20  0:25   ` [tip:x86/extable] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  0:16 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86, paravirt: Replace GET_CR2_INTO_RCX with GET_CR2_INTO_RAX H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-20  0:26   ` [tip:x86/extable] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  0:16 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86-64: Handle exception table entries during early boot H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 13:02   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19 16:59     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 17:16       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-04-20  0:29         ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-04-20  0:28   ` [tip:x86/extable] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  0:16 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86-32: " H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-20  0:28   ` [tip:x86/extable] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19  9:22 ` [PATCH 0/5] RFC: x86: Early exception table support Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19  9:24   ` [PATCH 1/3] x86, extable: Cleanup fixup_exception Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19  9:25   ` [PATCH 2/3] x86, extable: Carve out the main extable searching routine Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19  9:26   ` [PATCH 3/3] x86, extable: Handle early exceptions Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19 17:02     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 17:27       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-04-19 17:38         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19 17:59           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 18:25             ` Linus Torvalds
2012-04-19 18:55               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 20:17                 ` David Daney
2012-04-19 20:20                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 20:26                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 20:40                       ` David Daney
2012-04-19 21:47                       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-04-19 22:16                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 22:47                     ` Tony Luck
2012-04-19 22:58                       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-04-19 23:10                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-19 23:26                           ` Tony Luck
2012-04-19 23:35                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-20  8:26                             ` Andreas Schwab
2012-04-19 18:11           ` Linus Torvalds
2012-04-20  8:46             ` Borislav Petkov
2012-04-19 17:54       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-20  0:27 ` [tip:x86/extable] x86, extable: Add early_fixup_exception() tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin

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