linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/mce: Do not use bank 1 for APEI generated error logs.

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 17:11:45 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Aristeu Rozanski" <arozansk@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/mce: Do not use bank 1 for APEI generated error
 logs.

>> -	m.bank = 1;
>> +	m.bank = mca_cfg.banks;
>
> There's struct cper_sec_mem_err.bank. Why aren't we copying that?

Because that is DDR3/DDR4 "bank" (internal DIMM detail) as opposed to machine check "bank"
(CPU microarchitecture detail).  We need the latter here.

-Tony