linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] x86, mce: introduce mce_gather

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 23:27:48 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] x86, mce: introduce mce_gather_info()

2011/5/26 Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>:

> As the result the mce_get_rip() is integrated and unnecessary
> zero-ing is removed.  This also fix an issue pointed by Tony Luck
> that RIP is required to make some decision about error severity
> (for SRAR errors) but it was retrieved later in the handler.

To keep the credit path accurate, that was one of the pieces I picked
up from Andi.

-Tony
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