[PATCH] [10/11] i386: Handle P6s without performance counters in nmi watchdog

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I got an oops while booting a 32bit kernel on KVM because it doesn't
implement performance counters used by the NMI watchdog. Handle this
case. 

Cc: [email protected]

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ static int setup_p6_watchdog(unsigned nm
 	perfctr_msr = MSR_P6_PERFCTR0;
 	evntsel_msr = MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0;
 
-	wrmsrl(perfctr_msr, 0UL);
+	/* KVM doesn't implement this MSR */
+	if (wrmsr_safe(perfctr_msr, 0, 0) < 0) 
+		return 0;
 
 	evntsel = P6_EVNTSEL_INT
 		| P6_EVNTSEL_OS
-
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