linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3] KVM: MCE: Add MCE support to KVM

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Message-ID: <4A1BA44E.7040802@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 11:11:58 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
CC:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3] KVM: MCE: Add MCE support to KVM

Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Well, if I look at the definition of MCI_STATUS_VAL as (1UL<<63),
>> something tells me: "Hey, only use me on 64-bit hosts!" But I have no
>> clue about details of this stuff, and from a second glance at it is
>> seems to include at least some parts that are valid on 32-bit as well.
>>     
>
> Ah, interesting: /someone/ removed the #ifdef __x86_64__ from
> arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h, but that's not mainline yet...
>   

Well that someone missed the MCI_STATUS_VAL bit.  Do you see anything 
else fishy in there?

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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