linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86: mce: kexec: turn off MCE in kexec

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Message-ID: <20150302172542.GG17521@pd.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:25:42 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@...il.com>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>,
	Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@...jp.nec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86: mce: kexec: turn off MCE in kexec

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 11:50:49AM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Unless entering a deep C state kicks an MCE ... which we've seen with flaky
> hardware.

If that is the case, you'll see the MCE not only when entering kdump.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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