Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/fred: enable FRED by default
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 15:54:28 EST
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 06:01:09PM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> On 3/23/2026 1:15 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> Can we please include this as well?
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
> index e736b19e18de..117aa06d25ca 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
> @@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(fred_rsp0);
>
> void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void)
> {
> - /* When FRED is enabled by default, remove this log message */
> - pr_info("Initialize FRED on CPU%d\n", smp_processor_id());
> -
> /*
> * If a kernel event is delivered before a CPU goes to user level for
> * the first time, its SS is NULL thus NULL is pushed into the SS field
Yes please. This looks like some early bringup leftover.
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