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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c index 558108296f3c..c8f895157e05 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c @@ -684,7 +684,10 @@ static u32 deftype_lo, deftype_hi; /** * set_mtrr_state - Set the MTRR state for this CPU. * - * NOTE: The CPU must already be in a safe state for MTRR changes. + * NOTE: The CPU must already be in a safe state for MTRR changes, including + * measures that only a single CPU can be active in set_mtrr_state() in + * order to not be subject to races for usage of deftype_lo. This is + * accomplished by taking set_atomicity_lock. * RETURNS: 0 if no changes made, else a mask indicating what was changed. */ static unsigned long set_mtrr_state(void) |