RE: [PATCH v10 03/38] x86/msr: Add the WRMSRNS instruction support

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> > > +static __always_inline void __wrmsrns(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
> >
> > Shouldn't this be named wrmsrns_safe since it has exception handling, similar
> to
> > the current wrmsrl_safe.
> >
> 
> Both safe and unsafe versions have exception handling, while the safe
> version returns an integer to its caller to indicate an exception did
> happen or not.

I notice there are several call sites using the safe version w/o
checking the return value, should the unsafe version be a better
choice in such cases?




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