Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.14: CR4 not needed to be inspected on the 486 anymore? | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 05 Nov 2005 18:40:10 +0100 |
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Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> writes: > > 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
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