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

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Message-ID: <20151208014142.GA82345@otc-brkl-03.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2015 20:41:43 -0500
From:	"Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	ashok.raj@...el.com
Subject: Re: [Patch V2] x86, mce: Ensure offline CPU's don't participate in
 mce rendezvous process.

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 12:25:24AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> Did you miss my statement in my previous mail where I said that the MCE
> is being raised only on the cores of node 0?
> 

That's right.. but i think if MCE is only given to node0, then the system 
would panic eveytime with or without the patch. which is why i got confused.

I somehow misunderstood that with this patch the system didn't panic. 

Cheers,
Ashok

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