linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH 0/8] EDAC, mce_amd: Add a tracepoint for the decoded error

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:42:19 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:     linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 0/8] EDAC, mce_amd: Add a tracepoint for the decoded
 error

> Later, we could extend that same behavior to Intel for the common
> errors, at least, so that we can dump at least *some* string explaining
> what the error is.

s/common errors/architectural errors/

That means we don't need to keep updating for every Xeon that documents
some MCi_STATUS.MSCOD bits.  Decoding the MCACOD bits will explain
which component is involved (cache, bus, memory) and some detail on the
type of access.

-Tony