linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, mce: rework use of TIF_MCE

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:28:42 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, mce: rework use of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
> need (failing address) to take some action. That was put into
> the ring

Correction - we only put the pfn into the ring for AO (action optional)
errors [in the current state of the patch series].

But the need for a path to get the pfn from the MC handler to the
mce_notify_process() function remains the same.

-Tony
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