linux-kernel - [GIT pull] ras fix for 4.11

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 11:45:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, migno@...utronix.de,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [GIT pull] ras fix for 4.11

Linus,

please pull the latest ras-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git ras-urgent-for-linus

Prevent dmesg from being spammed when MCE logging is active.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Andi Kleen (1):
      x86/mce: Don't print MCEs when mcelog is active


 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 8e9725c607ea..5accfbdee3f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_chrdev_read_mutex);
 
+static int mce_chrdev_open_count;	/* #times opened */
+
 #define mce_log_get_idx_check(p) \
 ({ \
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held() && \
@@ -598,6 +600,10 @@ static int mce_default_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 	if (atomic_read(&num_notifiers) > 2)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
+	/* Don't print when mcelog is running */
+	if (mce_chrdev_open_count > 0)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	__print_mce(m);
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -1828,7 +1834,6 @@ void mcheck_cpu_clear(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
  */
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mce_chrdev_state_lock);
-static int mce_chrdev_open_count;	/* #times opened */
 static int mce_chrdev_open_exclu;	/* already open exclusive? */
 
 static int mce_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)