linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] x86/RAS: Remove mce.usable

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Message-Id: <1448350880-5573-3-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:41:18 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] x86/RAS: Remove mce.usable_addr

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

It is useless and we can use the function instead. Besides, mcelog(8)
hasn't managed to make use of it yet. So kill it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mce.h  |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 12 ++++--------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mce.h
index 03429da2fa80..2184943341bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mce.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mce.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct mce {
 	__u8  cpuvendor;	/* cpu vendor as encoded in system.h */
 	__u8  inject_flags;	/* software inject flags */
 	__u8  severity;
-	__u8  usable_addr;
+	__u8  pad;
 	__u32 cpuid;	/* CPUID 1 EAX */
 	__u8  cs;		/* code segment */
 	__u8  bank;	/* machine check bank */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 6531cb46803c..fb8b1db7b150 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int srao_decode_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 	if (!mce)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	if (mce->usable_addr && (mce->severity == MCE_AO_SEVERITY)) {
+	if (mce_usable_address(mce) && (mce->severity == MCE_AO_SEVERITY)) {
 		pfn = mce->addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		memory_failure(pfn, MCE_VECTOR, 0);
 	}
@@ -610,12 +610,9 @@ bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 
 		severity = mce_severity(&m, mca_cfg.tolerant, NULL, false);
 
-		if (severity == MCE_DEFERRED_SEVERITY && memory_error(&m)) {
-			if (m.status & MCI_STATUS_ADDRV) {
+		if (severity == MCE_DEFERRED_SEVERITY && memory_error(&m))
+			if (m.status & MCI_STATUS_ADDRV)
 				m.severity = severity;
-				m.usable_addr = mce_usable_address(&m);
-			}
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Don't get the IP here because it's unlikely to
@@ -623,7 +620,7 @@ bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 		 */
 		if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG) && !mca_cfg.dont_log_ce)
 			mce_log(&m);
-		else if (m.usable_addr) {
+		else if (mce_usable_address(&m)) {
 			/*
 			 * Although we skipped logging this, we still want
 			 * to take action. Add to the pool so the registered
@@ -1091,7 +1088,6 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 
 		/* assuming valid severity level != 0 */
 		m.severity = severity;
-		m.usable_addr = mce_usable_address(&m);
 
 		mce_log(&m);
 
-- 
2.3.5

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