linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/mce: Check for alternate indication of machine check recovery on Skylake

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Message-ID: <20180615171600.GA15584@zn.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 15 Jun 2018 19:16:00 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/mce: Check for alternate indication of machine
 check recovery on Skylake

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 09:34:06AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> I was just worried that Thomas is holding off asking Linus to pull
> because he's waiting for part 2/3, while you might be planning to
> hold onto part 2/3 for the next merge (and add the other cleanups
> you RFC'd).
> 
> I'm OK either way on part 2/3 (it just makes for better error messages,
> it doesn't fix any bugs).

Yes, and this is my understanding too - 2/3 is not urgent material so no
need to hurry that particular one.

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    Boris.

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