linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86/mce/amd: Introduce deferred error interrupt handler

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Date:	Tue, 5 May 2015 15:33:47 -0500
From:	Aravind Gopalakrishnan <aravind.gopalakrishnan@....com>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86/mce/amd: Introduce deferred error interrupt handler

On 5/5/2015 3:28 PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Should you check whether the address is valid before blindly reading the register?
>
>>              m.bank = bank;
> 	if (m.status & MCI_STATUS_ADDRV)
>           		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCx_ADDR(bank), m.addr);
>>              mce_log(&m);

Yes, missed that when I sent the snippet.
Fixed it:)

Thanks,
-Aravind.
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