Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757332AbZFJRV7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:21:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751284AbZFJRVw (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:21:52 -0400 Received: from mailrelay009.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.6.176]:53146 "EHLO mailrelay009.isp.belgacom.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751165AbZFJRVv (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:21:51 -0400 X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAJiIL0pR9cDZ/2dsb2JhbADRCgiEBQU Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:21:52 +0200 From: Wim Van Sebroeck To: "Denis V. Lunev" Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vasily Averin Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] [WATCHDOG] fix memory corruption when RCBA is disabled by hardware Message-ID: <20090610172152.GJ16090@infomag.iguana.be> References: <1244200388-17933-1-git-send-email-den@openvz.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1244200388-17933-1-git-send-email-den@openvz.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 553 Lines: 18 Hi Denis, > According to 9.1.33 on p.343 of ICH8.pdf RCBA can be disabled by > hardware if bit 0 of RCBA register is not set. > > Perform correct check for this to prevent memory corruption under > some virtual machines where this feature is disabled. Patch went in the watchdog-next tree. Thanks, Wim. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/