linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/mce: Clear a useless global variable in mce.c

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 17:59:23 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Chen Yucong <slaoub@...il.com>
CC:	"bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/mce: Clear a useless global variable in mce.c

-	atomic_inc(&mce_entry);
-

I have used this in the past (in conjunction with an external debugger) to
diagnose problems (not all cpus showing up in the machine check handler).

But I suppose these can also be diagnosed from the "Timeout synchronizing ..."
message from mce_timed_out() [though with a bit less precision ... we know
that some cpus didn't show up, but we don't have a count of how many did,
or how many are missing.

If we print the value of "mce_callin" somewhere in mce_timed_out() ...
then I think we'd have equivalent functionality (in fact better - because
we don't need the external debugger to peek at mce_entry).

-Tony
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