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

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Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2017 09:04:15 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
        Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <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 8:50 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> 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.

Agreed.

The only problem is that the code has changed so much on top of the
problematic commit that just reverting it won't work.

>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.