linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3 V2] x86/mce: Fix incorrect "Machine check from unknown source" message

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 19:53:14 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Zhuo, Qiuxu" <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
        "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3 V2] x86/mce: Fix incorrect "Machine check from
 unknown source" message

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 05:50:48PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Ah. That would be because I forgot to "git add" before "git commit --amend" :-(

Oh, I know the situation very well. :)

> I had put:
> 
> 		(void) mce_severity(&m, cfg->tolerant, &msg, true);
> 
> but either works.

Right.

> Will look. I hope you didn't do too much to make the stable backport more difficult.

Nah, the cleanups will all go ontop. This is just a dirty branch to show
my intention but yours go first and then the cleanup.

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    Boris.

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