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Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available

From Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available
Date 2016-11-18 18:10 +0100
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Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> writes:
>
>> @@ -2134,8 +2140,37 @@ static int __init mcheck_enable(char *str)
>>  }
>>  __setup("mce", mcheck_enable);
>>  
>> +static void mcheck_intel_ppin_init(void)
>
> So this functionality could all be moved to arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> where you could set an artificial X86_FEATURE_PPIN and get rid of the
> have_ppin var.


That means that a tiny kernel that compiles out machine check
functionality has this unnecessary code.

In general it doesn't make any sense to define a FEATURE flag for
a single user. It's better to just check it where it is needed.

-Andi

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[PATCH 2/2] mcelog: Print the PPIN in machine check records when it is available "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 01:40 +0100
  [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 01:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-11-18 14:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 17:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-18 18:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-11-18 18:50 +0100
        [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 18:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-11-23 12:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> - 2016-11-23 14:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-11-23 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-11-23 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 17:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-11-23 18:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> - 2016-11-23 18:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 22:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records  when it is available Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> - 2016-11-24 12:30 +0100
            [tip:ras/core] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in MCE records when  available tip-bot for Tony Luck <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-11-23 17:00 +0100

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