'Unhandled wrmsr' or 'unhandled rdmsr' log messages on KVM/RHEV hypervisors
Issue
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Messages in the following format appear in hypervisor logs:
kvm: <thread tgid>: cpu<vcpu number> unhandled wrmsr: <model specific register> data <value>
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Example output:
kvm: 4734: cpu0 unhandled wrmsr: 0x198 data 0 kvm: 4734: cpu1 unhandled wrmsr: 0x198 data 0 kvm: 4734: cpu2 unhandled wrmsr: 0x198 data 0 kvm: 4734: cpu3 unhandled wrmsr: 0x198 data 0
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There are no errors on guests. No other symptoms are present:
kvm: 661: cpu1 unhandled wrmsr: 0x391 data 2000000f kvm: 661: cpu0 unhandled wrmsr: 0x391 data 2000000f
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What does this message mean?
kernel: kvm: 23772: cpu0 unhandled rdmsr: 0x19a
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
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