linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Add mcelog support for xen platform

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:27:35 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"Liu\, Jinsong" <jinsong.liu@...el.com>, tony.luck@...el.com,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	"xen-devel\@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Add mcelog support for xen platform

Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> writes:

> Because, if you'd hooked into it, just imagine one fine day, when we
> remove mcelog support, what screaming the xen people will be doing when
> mcelog doesn't work anymore.

That's simple. /dev/mcelog is a widely used user space ABI and Linux
does never remove widely used user space ABIs, so this can never happen.

-Andi

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