From: Jiri Kosina Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:25:18 +0000 (+0100) Subject: x86/nmi: Remove the 'strange power saving mode' hint from unknown NMI handler X-Git-Tag: v5.18-rc1~213^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d4c9df20a37d128f6acb3c6286db7e694554a51b;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git x86/nmi: Remove the 'strange power saving mode' hint from unknown NMI handler The Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? hint when unknown NMI happens dates back to i386 stone age, and isn't currently really helpful. Unknown NMIs are coming for many different reasons (broken firmware, faulty hardware, ...) and rarely have anything to do with 'strange power saving mode' (whatever that even is). Just remove it as it's largerly misleading. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/nycvar.YFH.7.76.2203140924120.24795@cbobk.fhfr.pm --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c index 4bce802d25fb1..e73f7df362f5d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c @@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ unknown_nmi_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs *regs) pr_emerg("Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x on CPU %d.\n", reason, smp_processor_id()); - pr_emerg("Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n"); if (unknown_nmi_panic || panic_on_unrecovered_nmi) nmi_panic(regs, "NMI: Not continuing");