On 2/25/24 17:57, Yin Fengwei wrote: > On 2/23/24 02:08, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Ping, in the end are we applying these patches for either 6.8 or 6.9? >>> Let me poke at them and see if we can stick them in x86/urgent early >>> next week. They do fix an actual bug that's biting people, right? >> Yes, I have gotten reports of {Sapphire,Emerald} Rapids machines that >> don't boot at all without either these patches or >> "disable_mtrr_cleanup". > We tried platform other than Sapphire and Emerald. This patchset can fix > boot issues on that platform also. Fengwei, could you also test this series on the troublesome hardware, please? > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240222183926.517AFCD2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ If it _also_ fixes the problem, it'll be a strong indication that it's the right long-term approach.