From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 7cecb47f55e00282f972a1e0b09136c8cd938221 upstream. extlog_init() uses rdmsrl() to read an MSR, which on older CPUs provokes a error message at boot: unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0x179 at rIP: 0xcd047307 (native_read_msr+0x7/0x40) Use rdmsrl_safe() instead, and return -ENODEV if it fails. Reported-by: jim@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: All applicable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c @@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ static int __init extlog_init(void) u64 cap; int rc; - rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP, cap); - - if (!(cap & MCG_ELOG_P) || !extlog_get_l1addr()) + if (rdmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP, &cap) || + !(cap & MCG_ELOG_P) || + !extlog_get_l1addr()) return -ENODEV; if (edac_get_report_status() == EDAC_REPORTING_FORCE) {