linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86, CPU, AMD: Cleanup AMD-specific MSR-rw users

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Message-ID: <4FC8D766.1070700@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:53:26 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>,
	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>, jeremy@...p.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86, CPU, AMD: Cleanup AMD-specific MSR-rw users

On 06/01/2012 07:52 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> 
> Ok,
> 
> the following patchset should take care of all the {rd,wr}msrl_amd_safe
> headaches we had this week. After it is applied, the AMD-specific
> variants become private to amd.c and issue a warning when used on
> anything else beside K8.
> 
> This also contains the two patches from Andre which cleanup the PV-side
> of things.
> 

Looks good.  This can be for 3.6, right (no immediate urgency)?

	-hpa


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

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