linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] RAS: MCA config cleanup

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Message-ID: <20121026125457.GA9886@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:54:57 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] RAS: MCA config cleanup


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> this is 5-patch set reworking the config variables in the MCA code.
> There's an out-of-tree change which Greg and I agreed to push through
> the RAS tree. These changes are for the next merge window.
> 
> Please pull,
> thanks.
> 
> The following changes since commit 6f0c0580b70c89094b3422ba81118c7b959c7556:
> 
>   Linux 3.7-rc2 (2012-10-20 12:11:32 -0700)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ras/ras.git tags/mca_cfg
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 1462594bf2866c1dc80066ed6f49f4331c551901:
> 
>   x86, MCA: Finish mca_config conversion (2012-10-26 14:37:58 +0200)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Rework all config variables used throughout the MCA code and collect
> them together into a mca_config struct. This keeps them tightly and
> neatly packed together instead of spilled all over the place.
> 
> Then, convert those which are used as booleans into real booleans and
> save some space.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Borislav Petkov (5):
>       drivers/base: Add a DEVICE_BOOL_ATTR macro
>       x86, MCA: Convert dont_log_ce, banks and tolerant
>       x86, MCA: Convert rip_msr, mce_bootlog, monarch_timeout
>       x86, MCA: Convert the next three variables batch
>       x86, MCA: Finish mca_config conversion
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h                |  21 ++-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h |   2 -
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c |   4 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c          | 209 +++++++++++++++---------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c    |   8 +-
>  arch/x86/lguest/boot.c                    |   2 +-
>  drivers/base/core.c                       |  21 +++
>  include/linux/device.h                    |   7 +
>  8 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)

Pulled, thanks Boris!

	Ingo
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