linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EDAC/amd64: Do not load EDAC driver when running as a guest

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Date:   Tue, 6 Jul 2021 07:33:58 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...os.com>
Cc:     linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, yazen.ghannam@....com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, mchehab@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC/amd64: Do not load EDAC driver when running as a
 guest

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 07:08:33AM +0200, Jack Wang wrote:
> Similar to commit f0a029fff4a5 ("EDAC/Intel: Do not load EDAC driver when running as a guest")
> 
> There's little to no point in loading an EDAC driver running in a guest.
> 
> Add a check in each of the Intel EDAC drivers for X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR
> and simply return -ENODEV in the init routine.

Did you even read this sentence before leaving it in the commit message
or you simply copied the commit message of f0a029fff4a5 blindly?

Also:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-edac/20210628172740.245689-1-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com/

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    Boris.

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