linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-RESEND] x86: add IRQ context simulation in module mce-inject

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Date:	Fri, 9 Dec 2011 08:23:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	andi.kleen@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-RESEND] x86: add IRQ context simulation in module
 mce-inject


* Luck, Tony <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:

> mce-inject provides a mechanism to simulate errors so that test
> scripts can check for correct operation of the kernel without
> requiring any specialized hardware to create rare events.
> 
> The existing code can simulate events in normal process context
> and also in NMI context - but not in IRQ context. This patch
> fills that gap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>

Looks good to me. Will show up in the RAS tree i guess?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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