linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] ACPI, x86: Extended error log driver for x86 platform

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2014 23:14:41 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>,
	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Chen, Gong" <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"joe@...ches.com" <joe@...ches.com>,
	"m.chehab@...sung.com" <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	"arozansk@...hat.com" <arozansk@...hat.com>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Li Bin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] ACPI, x86: Extended error log driver for x86
 platform

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 08:43:14PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Not all machine checks are fatal - it would be bad for us to go into
> an infinite spin instead of executing the recovery code.

Then for the time being extlog shouldn't hook into the decoder chain
but into mce_process_work, i.e. the last should call it. Or maybe add
another notifier which is not atomic...
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