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Re: Howto read MSR thermal under XEN-4.15.0


  • To: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Bobbi Sanchez <bobbisanchez@xxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:26:51 +0200
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On 17.06.2021 13:09, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 16/06/2021 23:39, Bobbi Sanchez wrote:
>> how can i read the MSR Thermal Values under XEN-4.15.0 ?
>>
>> Usually without having XEN-4.15.0 installed i can read the MSR Thermal 
>> Values like this:
>>
>> rdmsr -p 0 -d -f22:16 0x19c
>>
>> this works for my Core2Quod Q6600.
>>
>> But after having xen-4.15.0 installed and booted, same command shows now: 0
> 
> I believe the access was restricted as part of XSA-351 [1]. I am not 
> sure if there are a safe generic way to access them. I will let Andrew 
> and Jan commenting.

just as additional context (i.e. on top of Andrew's reply): It wasn't
that XSA, but our general switch of policy from blacklisting to
whitelisting MSRs. The XSA was about *_POWER_* and *_PERF_* MSRs.

Jan




 


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