[PING] Re: [PATCH v3] x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Apr 01 2024 - 17:19:47 EST


On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 04:19:52PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> MTRRs have a obsolete fixed variant for fine grained
> caching control of the 640K-1MB region. This fixed variant has a
> separate capability bit in the MTRR capability MSR. The MTRR code
> checks this capability bit before trying to access the fixed MTRR MSRs,
> except in one place. This patch fixes this place to also
> check the capability.
>
> Otherwise there will be a WARN_ON when the respective MSRS don't exist.
>
> Fixes: 2b1f6278d77c ("[PATCH] x86: Save the MTRRs of the BSP before booting an AP")
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ping!

>
> ---
>
> v2: Add Fixes tag and expand description.
> v3: Expand description
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
> index 767bf1c71aad..2a2fc14955cd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
> @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ void mtrr_save_state(void)
> {
> int first_cpu;
>
> - if (!mtrr_enabled())
> + if (!mtrr_enabled() || !mtrr_state.have_fixed)
> return;
>
> first_cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
> --
> 2.43.0
>