linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE: don't let EDAC bypass the handle from MCE

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Message-ID: <4CEE2F58.3090506@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:41:44 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/MCE: don't let EDAC bypass the handle from MCE


>   		entry = rcu_dereference_check_mce(mcelog.next);
>   		for (;;) {
> -			/*
> -			 * If edac_mce is enabled, it will check the error type
> -			 * and will process it, if it is a known error.
> -			 * Otherwise, the error will be sent through mcelog
> -			 * interface
> -			 */
> -			if (edac_mce_parse(mce))
> -				return;
> +			edac_mce_parse(mce);

The other problem with the current code is that it prints the misleading 
KERN_EMERG fallback message
for every corrected error.

-Andi

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