linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Do Deferred error check for CEC

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Message-ID: <20171213221500.bclmnagwgxsmhnz2@pd.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:15:00 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.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] x86/mce: Do Deferred error check for CEC

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:51:43AM -0600, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
> 
> AMD systems may log Deferred errors. These are errors that are uncorrected
> but which do not need immediate action. The MCA_STATUS[UC] bit may not be
> set for Deferred errors.
> 
> Flag the error as not correctable when MCA_STATUS[Deferred] is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.13.x
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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