Write MSRs in a platform and compiler-independent form
Msr_t memory layout may depend on compiler; with optimizations this may
lead to writing incorrect data to MSR. Create a temporary buffer with
correct layout to avoid this problem.
Corresponding to flashrom svn r999.
Signed-off-by: Anti Sullin <anti.sullin@artecdesign.ee>
Acked-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
diff --git a/physmap.c b/physmap.c
index 31db470..03fef95 100644
--- a/physmap.c
+++ b/physmap.c
@@ -282,13 +282,17 @@
int wrmsr(int addr, msr_t msr)
{
+ uint32_t buf[2];
+ buf[0] = msr.lo;
+ buf[1] = msr.hi;
+
if (lseek(fd_msr, (off_t) addr, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
perror("Could not lseek() to MSR");
close(fd_msr);
exit(1);
}
- if (write(fd_msr, &msr, 8) != 8 && errno != EIO) {
+ if (write(fd_msr, buf, 8) != 8 && errno != EIO) {
perror("Could not write() MSR");
close(fd_msr);
exit(1);