[PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use rdmsrq_safe() to read MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT

From: Li Zhaoxin

Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 02:02:52 EST


From: lizhaoxin04 <lizhaoxin04@xxxxxxxxx>

Commit ed7cad0504e3 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Relocate platform
preference check") moved the intel_pstate_platform_pwr_mgmt_exists()
call to the beginning of intel_pstate_init(), right after the vendor
check, so it now runs before "no_load" (intel_pstate=disable) and the
other checks.

MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT is model-specific and KVM does not emulate it. In a
KVM guest using a CPU model listed in intel_pstate_cpu_oob_ids[] (for
example "-cpu host" on Emerald Rapids), reading it raises #GP and the
unchecked rdmsrq() emits a warning with a call trace on every boot, even
with intel_pstate=disable:

unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0x1aa at rIP: 0xffffffffa4009342 (native_read_msr+0x2/0x50)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
intel_pstate_platform_pwr_mgmt_exists+0x3b/0x220
intel_pstate_init+0x1e/0x500
do_one_initcall+0x59/0x350
...

Before that commit, such guests typically returned from
intel_pstate_init() earlier, either because of intel_pstate=disable or
because intel_pstate_msrs_not_valid() failed on the zero ratios that
KVM reports in MSR_PLATFORM_INFO by default, so the MSR was not read.

Use rdmsrq_safe() and treat a failing read as "no OOB mode". The
exception fixup already zeroes the result of a failed unchecked read,
so apart from the warning going away there is no functional change.

Fixes: ed7cad0504e3 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Relocate platform preference check")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Li Zhaoxin <lizhaoxin04@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 0e6ae4cdda5d..67447280e86a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -3649,12 +3649,12 @@ static struct acpi_platform_list plat_info[] __initdata = {
static bool __init intel_pstate_platform_pwr_mgmt_exists(void)
{
const struct x86_cpu_id *id;
- u64 misc_pwr;
+ u64 misc_pwr = 0;
int idx;

id = x86_match_cpu(intel_pstate_cpu_oob_ids);
if (id) {
- rdmsrq(MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT, misc_pwr);
+ rdmsrq_safe(MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT, &misc_pwr);
if (misc_pwr & BITMASK_OOB) {
pr_debug("Bit 8 or 18 in the MISC_PWR_MGMT MSR set\n");
pr_debug("P states are controlled in Out of Band mode by the firmware/hardware\n");

base-commit: 6628e7d4c6b25c8d18f1345e3a20d21829aae7e4
--
2.43.0