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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c index 721ef3208eb..163af4a91d0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -723,12 +723,14 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) * performance degradation for certain nested-paging guests. * Prevent this conversion by clearing bit 24 in * MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2. + * + * NOTE: we want to use the _safe accessors so as not to #GP kvm + * guests on older kvm hosts. */ - if (c->x86 == 0x10) { - rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); - value &= ~(1ULL << 24); - wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); - } + + rdmsrl_safe(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, &value); + value &= ~(1ULL << 24); + wrmsrl_safe(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); } rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, &c->microcode, &dummy); |