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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pat.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index edf299c8ff6c..7ac68698406c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -234,8 +234,13 @@ void pat_init(void)
PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, UC);
/* Boot CPU check */
- if (!boot_pat_state)
+ if (!boot_pat_state) {
rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, boot_pat_state);
+ if (!boot_pat_state) {
+ pat_disable("PAT read returns always zero, disabled.");
+ return;
+ }
+ }
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);