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. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
