Re: [PATCH] cpufreq/intel_pstate: Add function to check that allMSR's are valid

From: Dave Jones
Date: Fri Mar 22 2013 - 11:07:01 EST


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 01:40:49AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday, March 21, 2013 01:08:03 AM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28:49 AM Dirk Brandewie wrote:
> > > On 03/20/2013 11:28 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 09:17:24 AM dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > >> From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>
> > > >> Some VMs seem to try to implement some MSRs but not all the registers
> > > >> the driver needs. Check to make sure all the MSR that we need are
> > > >> available. If any of the required MSRs are not available refuse to
> > > >> load.
> > > >>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Is this needed for v3.9? Any pointers to bug reports etc.?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry I saw right after I sent the mail that the bug report was missing
> > >
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922923
> > > Reported-by: Josh Stone <jistone@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Would you like me to spin the patch?
> >
> > No, thanks, this information is sufficient.
>
> Applied to linux-pm.git/bleeding-edge and will be moved to linux-next after
> build testing.

'next' seems to be imply you're targetting this for 3.10 ?
In case it wasn't clear, this is needed for 3.9.

Dave

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