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SubjectRe: 2.6.14: CR4 not needed to be inspected on the 486 anymore?
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Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> writes:
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> He won't like me too much. I'll write up a proper patch for this, a la
> mode de rdmsr_safe / wrmsr_safe. At least it's not a bug, just missing
> information.

I don't think it's a good idea. Relying on nested faults in oops
is a bit unsafe because it could lead to recursive faults in the worst case.
Yes it does it already with __get_user, but that
is only last resort. You would make it default on these systems.

Better keep the if

-Andi
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