linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, MCE: Cleanup macro __get_cpu

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:19:00 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Chen, Gong" <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>, tony.luck@...el.com
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, MCE: Cleanup macro __get_cpu_var

On 04/14/2014 01:39 AM, Chen, Gong wrote:
> @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		v = &get_cpu_var(mce_polled_error);
> -		set_bit(0, v);
> +		*v = 1;
>  		put_cpu_var(mce_polled_error);
>  		/*
>  		 * Uncorrected or signalled events are handled by the exception

The amazing thing is that you managed to miss the one place where you
could actively elide a pointer.

The above should simply be:

	this_cpu_write(mce_polled_error, 1);

	-hpa

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