linux-kernel - Re: x86: mce: Please revert 22223c9b417be5fd0ab2cf9ad17eb7bd1e19f7b9

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Message-ID: <20091001150046.GA21476@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:00:46 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: x86: mce: Please revert
	22223c9b417be5fd0ab2cf9ad17eb7bd1e19f7b9


* Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 07:34:11AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > Ok, here it is, tested on two Fam10 machines here with injecting MCEs.
> > > The decoding code is now built-in by default (early_initcall requires
> > > !MODULE).
> > 
> > I don't think it has to require !MODULE. We could do what we do for the 
> > other initcalls, ie if MODULE we turn it into just a regular initcall. If 
> > that allows something like the EDAC MCE to be built as a module, and 
> > people want to, then just go ahead and add the one-liner to <linux/init.h>
> >
> > Of course, if it _requires_ being loaded early for some other reason, then
> 
> the only reason I can think of is if you want to be able to decode 
> MCEs happening as early as possible before the modules have been 
> init-ted.
> 
> Question really is, what is more important to us? But we definitely 
> can do the module stuff too and get rid of ~5K core kernel fat by 
> relocating the whole functionality completely into the module. Hmm...

I'd focus on the built-in-side initially, which is the most 
practical/debuggable/serviceable solution. It's of course not a problem 
(at all) if it is _also_ module loadable but that's not the primary 
goal.

	Ingo
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