Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE/AMD: Always give PANIC severity for UC errors in kernel context

From	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE/AMD: Always give PANIC severity for UC errors in kernel context
Date	2017-09-27 17:30 +0200
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On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 03:17:51PM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> Generally, we can use the IN_KERNEL_RECOV context to show that the error
> is recoverable versus IN_KERNEL which we can consider unrecoverable.
> 
> Specifically, the Intel SER and AMD SUCCOR features represent the same
> thing (MCA Recovery). I'll send another patch for enabling recovery on
> AMD SUCCOR systems. I want to keep this patch as just a bug fix.

Ok, but then do not mention IN_KERNEL_RECOV here as it only confuses: is
it a recoverable error or is it not? /me scratches head...

> Sure, I'll do this in another patch. I want to keep this as a bug fix
> to apply to the stable branches.

Sure.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE/AMD: Always give PANIC severity for UC errors in  kernel context Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-09-27 00:30 +0200
  RE: [PATCH] x86/MCE/AMD: Always give PANIC severity for UC errors in  kernel context "Ghannam, Yazen" <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> - 2017-09-27 17:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE/AMD: Always give PANIC severity for UC errors in  kernel context Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-09-27 17:30 +0200

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