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x86: Document rdmsr_safe restrictions

Recently, I got bitten by using rdmsr_safe too early in the boot
process. Document its shortcomings for future reference.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4ED5B70F.606@lwfinger.net
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Borislav Petkov 13 年之前
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      arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h

+ 8 - 1
arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h

@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ static inline int wrmsr_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
 	return native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high);
 }
 
-/* rdmsr with exception handling */
+/*
+ * rdmsr with exception handling.
+ *
+ * Please note that the exception handling works only after we've
+ * switched to the "smart" #GP handler in trap_init() which knows about
+ * exception tables - using this macro earlier than that causes machine
+ * hangs on boxes which do not implement the @msr in the first argument.
+ */
 #define rdmsr_safe(msr, p1, p2)					\
 ({								\
 	int __err;						\