linux-kernel - Re: random insta-reboots on AMD Phenom II

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Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:50:55 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
Cc:     Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: random insta-reboots on AMD Phenom II

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 02:47:11PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> Changing the TLB code so late might not be a good idea...

The new lazy code is too risky to keep as we don't know what else will
break. The conservative and thus safe thing to do is to revert to the
old behavior for old machines.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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