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Re: As of kernel 4.4-rc1 segmentation fault if msr module not loaded. [REGRESSION][BISECTED]

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On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:25:43AM -0800, Doug Smythies wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This might be considered a minor issue, but I submit my
> findings anyhow.
> 
> 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

or wait until it trickles upwards to Linus, most likely -rc3.

Thanks for the report. Good to know what else broke.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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As of kernel 4.4-rc1 segmentation fault if msr module not loaded. [REGRESSION][BISECTED] "Doug Smythies" <dsmythies@telus.net> - 2015-11-26 17:30 +0100
  Re: As of kernel 4.4-rc1 segmentation fault if msr module not  loaded. [REGRESSION][BISECTED] Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-11-26 19:10 +0100
    RE: As of kernel 4.4-rc1 segmentation fault if msr module not loaded. [REGRESSION][BISECTED] "Doug Smythies" <dsmythies@telus.net> - 2015-11-27 17:20 +0100

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