linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce/AMD: Carve out SMCA bank configuration

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:23:03 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>
Cc:     linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce/AMD: Carve out SMCA bank configuration

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 02:29:31PM -0500, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
> 
> Scalable MCA systems have a new MCA_CONFIG register that we use to
> configure each bank. We currently use this when we set up thresholding.
> However, this is logically separate.
> 
> Move setup of MCA_CONFIG into a separate function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

...

>  /* cpu init entry point, called from mce.c with preempt off */
> @@ -515,8 +519,10 @@ void mce_amd_feature_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  	int offset = -1;
>  
>  	for (bank = 0; bank < mca_cfg.banks; ++bank) {
> -		if (mce_flags.smca)
> +		if (mce_flags.smca) {
>  			get_smca_bank_info(bank);
> +			set_smca_config(bank);

Or simply bundle those two which do something SMCA-aware per bank into a single:

	smca_configure(bank);

which reads almost like a sentence.

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    Boris.

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