linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce: Add quirk for instruction recovery on Sandy Bridge processors

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:11:03 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce: Add quirk for instruction recovery on
 Sandy Bridge processors

> Other things which could probably be used are alternatives or jump
> labels but one if-test is simply not worth the complexity.

It might be if this were a super-hot path. But if you are getting so many machine
checks that you can see the effect of one extra "if" ... then you are hurting in
so many other ways!

> Oh well, enough games.

Thanks for the review.

-Tony
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