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

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> > 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?
> 
> Depends. The safe version does not emit a warning on fail. So if the
> callsite truly does not care about the error it's fine.

Right. So the _safe suffix also means to suppress a warning that the
caller doesn't care.

Thanks!
    Xin





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