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SubjectRE: As of kernel 4.4-rc1 segmentation fault if msr module not loaded. [REGRESSION][BISECTED]
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On 2015.11.26 10:10 Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:25:43AM -0800, Doug Smythies wrote:
>>
>> In some distros, the msr module is not loaded by default.
>> (I guess not built in by default, would be more correct.)
>> I often forget to load it before using "rdmsr" or "wrmsr".
>> It was never an issue before, but as of Kernel 4.4-rc1
>> it causes a segmentation fault crash. Example:
>>
>> # rdmsr -a 0x19a
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

> You can either cherrypick
> http://git.kernel.org/tip/2d5be37d686c4dae8e60d20283d6f44ac2c44f65

Just for completeness:
I confirm that the above commit fixes the issue raised herein.
Thanks.

... Doug




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