linux-kernel - Re: [Patch V2] x86, mce: Ensure offline CPU's don't participate in mce rendezvous process.

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Message-ID: <20151207201951.GI22248@pd.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2015 21:19:51 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	"Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch V2] x86, mce: Ensure offline CPU's don't participate in
 mce rendezvous process.

On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 08:04:30PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >  Kernel panic - not syncing: Timeout: Not all CPUs entered broadcast exception handler
> 
> Is that what we printed in this case? ... boy is that a misleading message ... we got *extra*
> cpus (the offline ones), not "Not all".
> 
> Good job we have a fix :-)

Well, we still have that printk string in there.

And that is incorrect too, because the MCE (at least the one I'm
injecting) gets broadcasted to the CPUs on the *node* and not to the
whole system.

If we had to be precise, text should say "Not all CPUs which the MCE was
broadcasted to entered the exception handler..."

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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