linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them

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Message-ID: <87plyajphp.ffs@tglx>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:06:26 +0100
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them

On Fri, Jan 05 2024 at 08:37, Andi Kleen wrote:
> This one place forgot to check the fixed capability.

What's the consequence of that missing check and shouldn't this have a
Fixes tag?

Thanks,

        tglx