linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records when it is available

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Message-ID: <20161118174556.5c2fdj5cxzhsqqon@pd.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 18:45:56 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mce: Include the PPIN in machine check records
 when it is available

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 09:02:56AM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> In general it doesn't make any sense to define a FEATURE flag for
> a single user. It's better to just check it where it is needed.

Then the whole thing should go into mce_intel.c.

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