linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86: mtrr: don't modify RdDram/WrDram bits of fixed MTRRs

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Message-ID: <20090313015856.GA18760@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:58:56 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	trenn@...e.de, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: mtrr: don't modify RdDram/WrDram bits of fixed
	MTRRs

* Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com> wrote:

> Impact: bug fix + BIOS workaround

> Change to previous version:
> I slightly modified the log message (e.g. addition of FW_WARN).
> 
> Please consider to apply this patch for .29.

i've applied it to tip:x86/mtrr, thanks Andreas.

I've add a -stable backport tag - so if it's problem-free it 
should show up in .29.1.

It is not completely clear what the impact of this fix is. What 
types of problems are such incoherent MTRR settings causing in 
practice? Boot hang? S2RAM failures? Performance problems?

Without knowing the exact impact we cannot apply it this late in 
the .29.0 cycle - and MTRR code change are dangerous in any case 
so even if we knew the exact scope and impact we'd probably not 
do it in .29.

	Ingo
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