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Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on Intel only

From Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on Intel only
Date 2017-04-19 00:20 +0200
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 09:26:03PM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> We definitely don't need to look at MiscV.
> 
> But the value in MCA_ADDR isn't necessarily a system physical address. It can be,
> or it can be a normalized address in the case of UMCs, or it can a set/way for caches.
> So it depends on the bank type and error type.

Right, this is all future work. mce_usable_address() would need some
beefing up then.

> All this may just be for SMCA systems though. I need to double check.

Thanks!

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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[RFC PATCH] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on  Intel only Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-04-18 20:40 +0200
  RE: [RFC PATCH] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on  Intel only "Ghannam, Yazen" <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> - 2017-04-18 23:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on  Intel only Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-04-19 00:20 +0200
  [tip:ras/core] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on  Intel only tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2017-04-19 12:20 +0200

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