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Message-ID: <4D9ABCED.30606@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:55:41 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"yinghai@...nel.org" <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"lkml20101129@...ton.leun.net" <lkml20101129@...ton.leun.net>,
	stable kernel team <stable@...nel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH urgent] x86: Save cr4 to mmu_cr4_features at boot time

On 04/04/2011 11:43 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>
>> Just to refresh my memory... is this an issue in mainline, or is it only
>> a problem in the backport (I'm wondering if the trampoline unification
>> patches might have accidentally solved the issue)?
> 
> The problem is in mainline too, please fix ASAP.

Thanks for confirming, will look at it in the morning.  Just looking for
the sanest place to put the save/restore (it really should be done at
the same places where we save/restore MISC_ENABLE.)

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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