linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH] x86: Do not panic if mce=2 is passed

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Message-ID: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F3A1DE102@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:28:44 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH] x86: Do not panic if mce=2 is passed

> For UE recovery support, current we need mce=2 in command line
> and also disable panic_on_oops with sysctl.

Please explain. I've never given mce=2 on command line, and have
had my kernel recover from thousands of (injected) UE memory errors.

-Tony