linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] x86, mce: Check for faults tagged in EXTABLE_CLASS

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Message-ID: <CALCETrUEvnwrUs2e4VJ2bOThWGPoypQAnTyZFA1F=oQzdfsodA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2016 17:08:31 -0800
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Robert <elliott@....com>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] x86, mce: Check for faults tagged in
 EXTABLE_CLASS_FAULT exception table entries

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
> Extend the severity checking code to add a new context IN_KERN_RECOV
> which is used to indicate that the machine check was triggered by code
> in the kernel with a EXTABLE_CLASS_FAULT fixup entry.

I think that the EXTABLE_CLASS_FAULT references no longer match the code.

--Andy