linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86: mce: kexec: switch MCE handler for kexec/kdump

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Date:	Thu, 5 Mar 2015 01:27:28 +0000
From:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>,
	Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@...jp.nec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86: mce: kexec: switch MCE handler for
 kexec/kdump

On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 10:12:56AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 07:51:56AM +0000, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > And the result of the update, the new code contains some
> > MCE-internal code, so I feel like putting most of the code in
> > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c as in the previous versions.
> 
> We can expose those defines for kdump's use if absolutely needed. mce.c
> is already not easy to stare at, having more stuff in it, while it can
> be avoided, is not something we want.

OK, I'll move in that direction in the next post.

Naoya--
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