Re: [tip:x86/cpu] x86/cpu: Get rid of the show_msr= boot option

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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 3:34 AM, tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
<tipbot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit-ID:  59c6f278bdeea4147e8be92a3ed50a9907e60088
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/59c6f278bdeea4147e8be92a3ed50a9907e60088
> Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:38:44 +0200
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CommitDate: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:48:50 +0200
>
> x86/cpu: Get rid of the show_msr= boot option
>
> It is useless as it dumps the MSRs too early BUT(!) we do set MSRs later too.

So that is reason that was added to print the MSR early before kernel
try to change it.

> Also, it dumps only BSP MSRs as it gets called only for CPU 0.

I sent the fix last year.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6739171/

Yinghai
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