Re: [PATCH] x86/fred: Fix early boot failures on SEV-ES/SNP guests

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 05:10:30AM +0000, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
> @@ -70,6 +67,17 @@ void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void)
>  	/* Use int $0x80 for 32-bit system calls in FRED mode */
>  	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSFAST32);
>  	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * For secondary processors, FRED bit in CR4 gets enabled in cr4_init()
> +	 * and FRED MSRs are not configured till the end of this function. For
> +	 * SEV-ES and SNP guests, any console write before the FRED MSRs are
> +	 * setup will cause a #VC and cannot be handled. Move the pr_info to
> +	 * the end of this function.
> +	 *
> +	 * When FRED is enabled by default, remove this log message
> +	 */
> +	pr_info("Initialized FRED on CPU%d\n", smp_processor_id());

Did you forget to fix this up?

Also, when the kernel is working properly, it is quiet, so why is this
log message needed?

thanks,

greg k-h