Don’t test for `SYSENTER_ESP` consistency
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Firmware Test Suite |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Ian King |
Bug Description
On the ASRock E350M1 the test below fails.
```
FAILED [MEDIUM] MSRCPUsInconsis
inconsistent values across 2 CPUs (shift: 0 mask: 0xfffffffffffff
MSR CPU 0 -> 0xf77d0ab0 vs CPU 1 -> 0xf77e2ab0
```
According to Rudolf Marek, the test is incorrect.
Am Sonntag, den 15.05.2016, 19:49 +0200 schrieb Rudolf Marek:
> Hi all,
>
> This MSR is used when SYSENTER instruction is used by OS/application. The ESP
> MSR usually points to to the kernel stack of current thread, so if two
> different threads execute on different CPUs it will be different. False
> positive, and they should fix it.
>
> Thanks
> Rudolf
Should the test be removed?
[1] https:/
Changed in fwts: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Thanks, I'll remove that ASAP