Public bug reported: thermald/kernel are spamming dmesg now because MSR write is disallowed.
jak@jak-t480s:~:master$ journalctl -b --since=today | grep msr | wc -l 8688 jak@jak-t480s:~:master$ journalctl -b --since=today | grep msr | tail Aug 16 14:48:57 jak-t480s thermald[11327]: [WARN]sysfs write failed /dev/cpu/0/msr Aug 16 14:48:57 jak-t480s kernel: msr: Direct access to MSR 1a2 Aug 16 14:49:05 jak-t480s thermald[11327]: [WARN]sysfs write failed /dev/cpu/0/msr Aug 16 14:49:05 jak-t480s kernel: msr: Direct access to MSR 1a2 Aug 16 14:49:13 jak-t480s thermald[11327]: [WARN]sysfs write failed /dev/cpu/0/msr Aug 16 14:49:13 jak-t480s kernel: msr: Direct access to MSR 1a2 Aug 16 14:49:21 jak-t480s thermald[11327]: [WARN]sysfs write failed /dev/cpu/0/msr Aug 16 14:49:21 jak-t480s kernel: msr: Direct access to MSR 1a2 Aug 16 14:50:03 jak-t480s kernel: msr: Direct access to MSR 1a2 Aug 16 14:50:03 jak-t480s thermald[11327]: [WARN]sysfs write failed /dev/cpu/0/msr ** Affects: thermald (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1840454 Title: kernel 5.2 disallows thermald's direct MSR writes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1840454/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs