Filter MSR writes from user-space by default, and print a syslog entry if

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they happen outside the allowed set of MSRs, which is a single one for now,
 MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS.
 
 The plan is to eventually disable MSR writes by default (they can still be
 enabled via allow_writes=on).
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'x86-misc-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 MSR filtering from Ingo Molnar:
 "Filter MSR writes from user-space by default, and print a syslog entry
  if they happen outside the allowed set of MSRs, which is a single one
  for now, MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS.

  The plan is to eventually disable MSR writes by default (they can
  still be enabled via allow_writes=on)"

* tag 'x86-misc-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/msr: Filter MSR writes

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