linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Update MCE severity condition check

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:36:39 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Update MCE severity condition check

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 08:23:47PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> 	MCESEV(
> > -		KEEP, "HT thread notices Action required: data load error",
> > -		SER, MASK(MCI_STATUS_OVER|MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|MCACOD, MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|MCACOD_DATA),
> > -		MCGMASK(MCG_STATUS_EIPV, 0)
> > +		KEEP, "Action required but unaffected thread is continuable",
> > +		SER, MASK(MCI_STATUS_OVER|MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|MCACOD, MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR),
> 
> > Why did we lose MCACOD_DATA from the MASK above? Was this intentional?
> 
> 
> We used to have separate entries for "HT thread notices ... data load" and "HT thread notices ... instruction load"
> because the old SDM had a complex table calling out the bit settings for each type of recoverable machine check.
> 
> Latest SDM simplifies the table making it clear that for every SRAR (software recoverable action required) error
> we'll have the same bits in MCG_STATUS (EIPV=0, RIPV=1) ... so we don't need to check for the MCACOD value.
> See attached snapshot of the new table.

And this obviously is the case for the hardware too, I assume, not only
the SDM?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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