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

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Message-ID: <BANLkTimtcXNjzeRM+cX22fUEFZ5stk8Z3g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 09:29:20 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	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()

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> At minimum an explanation should be put into the code. Small, hidden
> dependencies might be common job security moves in the closed source
> world but this is open source ;-)

Seto-san,

Perhaps this more descriptive comment for you new mce_gather_info()
function would help:

/*
 * Collect all global (w.r.t. this processor) status about this machine
 * check into our "mce" struct so that we can use it later to assess
 * the severity of the problem as we read per-bank specific details.
 */
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