From 060feb650010c261fcfbae9de9348b46cedcd3cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:07:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86, doc: Revert "x86: Document rdmsr_safe restrictions" This reverts commit ce37defc0f6673f5ca2c92ed5cfcaf290ae7dd16 "x86: Document rdmsr_safe restrictions", as these restrictions no longer apply. Reported-by: Borislav Petkov Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120419171609.GH3221@aftab.osrc.amd.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h index 95203d4..084ef95 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h @@ -169,14 +169,7 @@ static inline int wrmsr_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned low, unsigned high) return native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high); } -/* - * 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. - */ +/* rdmsr with exception handling */ #define rdmsr_safe(msr, p1, p2) \ ({ \ int __err; \ -- 2.7.4