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

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Message-ID: <20171006184933.GA7676@probook>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 20:49:33 +0200
From:   Johannes Hirte <johannes.hirte@...enkhaos.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
        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 2017 Sep 30, Borislav Petkov 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.
>

I see the same behaviour on Carizzo. Is Excavator an old machine too?

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Regards,
  Johannes