From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:42:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:41:49 -0500 Received: from host156.207-175-42.redhat.com ([207.175.42.156]:13834 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:41:38 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:41:06 -0500 (EST) From: Ingo Molnar To: Alan Cox cc: Keith Owens , Nathan Walp , Hans Grobler , Subject: Re: Oops in 2.4.0-ac5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > it. I could never persuade Ingo to use wrmsr_eio() and check the > > return code, maybe this will change his mind. Extract from kdb v1.7. > > I have a patch from Ingo to fix this one properly. Its just getting tested i prefer clear oopses and bug reports instead of ignoring them. A failed MSR write is not something to be taken easily. MSR writes if fail mean that there is a serious kernel bug - we want to stop the kernel and complain ASAP. And correct code will be much more readable that way. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/