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Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:59:11 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tony.luck@...el.com, bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, bp@...e.de,
        tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:ras/core] x86/mce: Issue the 'mcelog --ascii' message only on
 !AMD

Commit-ID:  b2fbf6f282147b42d669a4bd4a7b1de2e2d6a792
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/b2fbf6f282147b42d669a4bd4a7b1de2e2d6a792
Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
AuthorDate: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:18:55 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:00:53 +0100

x86/mce: Issue the 'mcelog --ascii' message only on !AMD

mcelog cannot decode AMD MCEs.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180221101900.10326-4-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index db5b1e4..d7dff23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ static void __print_mce(struct mce *m)
 static void print_mce(struct mce *m)
 {
 	__print_mce(m);
-	pr_emerg_ratelimited(HW_ERR "Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii'\n");
+
+	if (m->cpuvendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD)
+		pr_emerg_ratelimited(HW_ERR "Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii'\n");
 }
 
 #define PANIC_TIMEOUT 5 /* 5 seconds */