linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28 git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:404 generic_get

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Message-ID: <20081124055959.GA15544@laptop.local>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:59:59 +0200
From:	Dmitry Nezhevenko <dion@...ex.net>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28 git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:404
	generic_get_mtrr+0xea/0x120()

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:42:52AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
 > >
> > > /proc/mtrr:
> > > reg00: base=0x000000000 (    0MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back
> > > reg04: base=0x0000f8000 (    0MB), size=   32KB, count=1: write-protect
> > > reg05: base=0x0000dc000 (    0MB), size=    8KB, count=1: write-back
> > 
> > so that patch workaround your BIOS setup with mtrr  mask setting.
> 
> so the kernel was right to issue a warning.

Ok. Thanks.

Btw.. Should it really be a warning, that taints kernel? As I said,
2.6.27 has same message, however it's just printk().
 
-- 
WBR, Dmitry
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