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Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code

From Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code
Date 2016-03-11 10:10 +0100
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* Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:

> MTRR manages PAT initialization as it implements a rendezvous
> handler that initializes PAT as part of MTRR initialization.
> 
> When CPU does not support MTRR, ex. qemu32 virtual CPU, MTRR
> simply skips PAT init, which causes PAT left enabled without
> initialization. [...]

What practical effects does this have to the user? Does the kernel crash?

Thanks,

	Ingo

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[PATCH 0/2] Refactor MTRR and PAT initializations Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 05:00 +0100
  [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 05:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 10:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 16:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 17:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 19:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-12 13:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-14 21:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-15 12:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-15 22:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-03-15 01:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-15 03:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-15 12:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-15 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-15 16:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT  table Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-15 17:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-15 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat: Change pat_disable() to emulate PAT table "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-03-15 22:40 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 05:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-11 10:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-11 10:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 18:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-12 17:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-14 20:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> - 2016-03-15 00:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-15 00:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-03-15 17:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 10:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-11 19:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-03-11 23:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-12 00:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-03-12 00:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-12 01:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-03-15 01:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-16 00:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mtrr: Refactor PAT initialization code "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-03-16 00:30 +0100

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