linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 05/16] x86/mtrr: split MTRR specific handling from cache dis/enabling

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Message-ID: <b7688764-8dd7-9d47-fdc5-e65242e7d86d@suse.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:42:39 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 05/16] x86/mtrr: split MTRR specific handling from
 cache dis/enabling

On 26.10.22 11:24, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 10:10:12AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> @@ -764,11 +779,8 @@ void cache_disable(void) __acquires(cache_disable_lock)
>>   	count_vm_tlb_event(NR_TLB_LOCAL_FLUSH_ALL);
>>   	flush_tlb_local();
>>   
>> -	/* Save MTRR state */
>> -	rdmsr(MSR_MTRRdefType, deftype_lo, deftype_hi);
>> -
>> -	/* Disable MTRRs, and set the default type to uncached */
>> -	mtrr_wrmsr(MSR_MTRRdefType, deftype_lo & ~0xcff, deftype_hi);
>> +	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MTRR))
> 
> check_for_deprecated_apis: Warning: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:782: Do not use boot_cpu_has() - use cpu_feature_enabled() instead.

Okay.


Juergen

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