linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/7] x86/mce: Remove !banks check

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:54:25 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] x86/mce: Remove !banks check

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

If we don't have MCA banks, we won't see machine checks anyway. Drop the
check.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index ea1521ec7e5b..05d2d15a95bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1185,9 +1185,6 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 
 	this_cpu_inc(mce_exception_count);
 
-	if (!cfg->banks)
-		goto out;
-
 	mce_gather_info(&m, regs);
 	m.tsc = rdtsc();
 
@@ -1327,7 +1324,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	if (worst > 0)
 		mce_report_event(regs);
 	mce_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, 0);
-out:
+
 	sync_core();
 
 	if (worst != MCE_AR_SEVERITY && !kill_it)
-- 
2.17.0.582.gccdcbd54c