linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for May 29 (__rdmsr_on

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Message-ID: <7e0fb38c0906011255o25f2e852r6ba469c8345e8c77@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:55:22 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for May 29 (__rdmsr_on_cpu() OOPS)

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:

> [ Borislav, feel free to fold it into the above change or replace by
>  a more complete one if needed (there may be more rv fields needing
>  initialization). ]
>
> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: MSR: fix __rdmsr_on_cpu() OOPS
>
> {rd,wr}msr_on_cpu() need to explicitly initalize rv.msrs
> (since rv is allocated on the stack).
>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>

Still broken in 0601, none of my systems will even boot without this patch.

Tested-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/lib/msr.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> Index: b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ int rdmsr_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, u32 m
>        int err;
>        struct msr_info rv;
>
> +       rv.msrs   = NULL;
>        rv.msr_no = msr_no;
>        err = smp_call_function_single(cpu, __rdmsr_on_cpu, &rv, 1);
>        *l = rv.reg.l;
> @@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ int wrmsr_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, u32 m
>        int err;
>        struct msr_info rv;
>
> +       rv.msrs   = NULL;
>        rv.msr_no = msr_no;
>        rv.reg.l = l;
>        rv.reg.h = h;
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