linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Add an option to disable decoding of MCE

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinSzLzTK+39hemOuPfWhCXmnY2jj_E8XDNo7ouH@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:12:56 -0800
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>, "mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"rdunlap@...otime.net" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add an option to disable decoding of MCE

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
> True, although not always reliable due to that context corruption. Tony
> Luck is adding code for writing the error information to a persistent
> storage _before_ you reset so on platforms with such a device you'll
> be able to look at MC4 (or any of the MCE regs, for that matter) after
> reset, which, I think, would make error analysis much more convenient.
> See http://marc.info/?l=linux-arch&m=129356804427008&w=2.

This code is also in linux-next (any next-2011* tag).  I'd be very happy
to get some testing reports, feedback on the code, etc.

-Tony
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