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Message-ID: <ZjmSB95mY7+bRLQ0@xsang-OptiPlex-9020>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 10:29:27 +0800
From: Oliver Sang <oliver.sang@...el.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, <oe-lkp@...ts.linux.dev>,
	<lkp@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>, "Ingo
 Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>, Srikanth Aithal <sraithal@....com>,
	<oliver.sang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/alternatives] [x86/alternatives] ee8962082a:
 WARNING:at_arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c:#do_clear_cpu_cap

hi, Boris,

On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 10:12:35AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Oliver,
> 
> does the warning go away when you run *only* the second patch?
> 
> I.e., this one:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240504125040.GCZjYvIAK9_DzKuHXh@fat_crate.local
> 
> ?
> 
> I think in this case, it'll make sure that the misconfigured system is
> "reconfigured" properly wrt VMX etc...
> 
> Can you pls send dmesg and /proc/cpuinfo from that run?

not sure if this is still needed, anyway, our tests done, just update you the
status (we are testing your debug patch in a later thread now)

yes, the WARNING disappears when only running the second patch.

dmesg and /proc/cpuinfo are attached.

> 
> Thx.
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
> 

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