[PATCH 1/9] x86/mce/inject: Only write MCA_MISC with user-set value

From: Yazen Ghannam
Date: Thu May 23 2024 - 11:57:14 EST


The MCA_MISC register is used to control the MCA thresholding feature on
AMD systems. Therefore, it is not generally part of the error state that
a user would adjust when testing non-thresholding cases.

However, MCA_MISC is unconditionally written even if a user does not
supply a value. The default value of '0' will be used and clobber the
register.

Write the MCA_MISC register only if the user has given a value for it.

Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
index 94953d749475..8d18074534ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
@@ -487,12 +487,16 @@ static void prepare_msrs(void *info)
wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_ADDR(b), m.addr);
}

- wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_MISC(b), m.misc);
wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_SYND(b), m.synd);
+
+ if (m.misc)
+ wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_MISC(b), m.misc);
} else {
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCx_STATUS(b), m.status);
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCx_ADDR(b), m.addr);
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCx_MISC(b), m.misc);
+
+ if (m.misc)
+ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCx_MISC(b), m.misc);
}
}

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