linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Make timer handling more robust

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Message-ID: <1485941364.12475.5.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2017 09:29:22 +0000
From:   "Veijola, Erik" <erik.veijola@...el.com>
To:     "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Make timer handling more robust

On Tue, 2017-01-31 at 19:37 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Bah. That's wrong. Delta patch below:
> > 
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> > @@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ static void mce_start_timer(struct timer
> >  		return;
> >  
> >  	this_cpu_write(mce_next_interval, iv);
> > -	__start_timer(t, jiffies + iv);
> > +	__start_timer(t, iv);
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer(void)
> 
> With that hunk merged in:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Tested this on the preproduction hardware:

Tested-by: Erik Veijola <erik.veijola@...el.com>

-Erik
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