Re: [PATCH 1/2] [for 3.4] drivers/virt: the Freescale hypervisordriver doesn't need to check MSR[GS]

[Tabi Timur-B04825]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The MSR[GS] bit indicates whether the kernel is running in processor guest
> state mode, but such a check is unnecessary.  The driver already checks
> for the /hypervisor node and the fsl,hv-version property, so it already
> knows that it's running under the Freescale hypervisor.
>
> There is nothing in the driver that inherently requires guest state,
> anyway.
>
> This fixes a break that can occur in some randconfig builds.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Kumar, I posted this patch back in May.  Can you apply it, please?  It
fixes a build break.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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