linux-kernel - [PATCH] [2/10] MCE: Implement the PPro bank 0 quirk in the 64bit machine check code

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Date:	Tue,  8 Jul 2008 01:10:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [2/10] MCE: Implement the PPro bank 0 quirk in the 64bit machine check code


Quoting the comment: 

* SDM documents that on family 6 bank 0 should not be written
* because it aliases to another special BIOS controlled
* register.
* But it's not aliased anymore on model 0x1a+
* Don't ignore bank 0 completely because there could be a valid
* event later, merely don't write CTL0.

This is mostly a port on the 32bit code, except that 32bit 
always didn't write it and didn't have the 0x1a heuristic. I checked
with the CPU designers that the quirk is not required starting with
this model.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static __init int periodic_mcheck_init(v
 }
 __initcall(periodic_mcheck_init);
 
+static int dont_init_bank0;
 
 /*
  * Initialize Machine Checks for a CPU.
@@ -462,7 +463,8 @@ static void mce_init(void *dummy)
 		wrmsr(MSR_IA32_MCG_CTL, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < banks; i++) {
-		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MC0_CTL+4*i, bank[i]);
+		if (!(i == 0 && dont_init_bank0))
+			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MC0_CTL+4*i, bank[i]);
 		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MC0_STATUS+4*i, 0);
 	}
 }
@@ -481,6 +483,18 @@ static void __cpuinit mce_cpu_quirks(str
 			   by default and leave crap in there. Don't log. */
 			mce_bootlog = 0;
 	}
+	if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
+		/*
+		 * SDM documents that on family 6 bank 0 should not be written
+		 * because it aliases to another special BIOS controlled
+		 * register.
+		 * But it's not aliased anymore on model 0x1a+
+		 * Don't ignore bank 0 completely because there could be a valid
+		 * event later, merely don't write CTL0.
+		 */
+		if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model < 0x1A)
+			dont_init_bank0 = 1;
+	}
 
 }
 
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