linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cxl/hdm: Fix hdm decoder init by adding COMMIT field check

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Date:   Thu, 2 Mar 2023 08:28:38 -0800
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
Cc:     Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>,
        "alison.schofield@...el.com" <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
        "vishal.l.verma@...el.com" <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "ira.weiny@...el.com" <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "bwidawsk@...nel.org" <bwidawsk@...nel.org>,
        "dan.j.williams@...el.com" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com" <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        "linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org" <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>,
        Adam Manzanares <a.manzanares@...sung.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl/hdm: Fix hdm decoder init by adding COMMIT field
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On Thu, 02 Mar 2023, Dave Jiang wrote:

> It does sound like a bug with QEMU emulation currently.

Agreed, but still, crashing the kernel is always a no no - like with
the passthrough decoder situation we had.

Thanks,
Davidlohr