linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, mce: Don't initialize MCEs on unknown CPUs

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Message-ID: <4A895AFB.9090302@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:28:27 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, mce: Don't initialize MCEs on unknown CPUs


> Not really, we dont re-run mce_cap_init() if MCE is disabled so 
> there's no memory leak that would fill all memory.

True.

-Andi
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