Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:41:06 -0500 (EST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: Oops in 2.4.0-ac5 |
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > it. I could never persuade Ingo to use wrmsr_eio() and check the > > return code, maybe this will change his mind. Extract from kdb v1.7. > > I have a patch from Ingo to fix this one properly. Its just getting tested
i prefer clear oopses and bug reports instead of ignoring them. A failed MSR write is not something to be taken easily. MSR writes if fail mean that there is a serious kernel bug - we want to stop the kernel and complain ASAP. And correct code will be much more readable that way.
Ingo
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