linux-kernel - Re: MCE reports errors that can't be verified

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Message-ID: <d47099f3-a8b2-b0bc-fe1b-1e0904f105b3@profihost.ag>
Date:   Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:22:05 +0100
From:   Daniel Aberger - Profihost AG <d.aberger@...fihost.ag>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "s.priebe@...fihost.ag" <s.priebe@...fihost.ag>,
        "n.fahldieck@...fihost.ag" <n.fahldieck@...fihost.ag>,
        "p.kramme@...fihost.ag" <p.kramme@...fihost.ag>
Subject: Re: MCE reports errors that can't be verified


Am 29.10.18 um 19:25 schrieb Luck, Tony:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 06:51:29PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:59:44PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
>>> The EDAC driver printed out those messages,
>>
>> I don't think so - that's __print_mce() in mce.c which dumps the three
>> lines under "... events logged". Which means, that's the lowest prio,
>> fallback notifier which runs when nothing else before it has done any
>> logging.
> 
> Ah yes. In which case the EDAC driver wasn't loaded (or gave up
> silently) to let us arrive at the end of the decode chain.
> 
> Another question. Does /proc/interrupts show a lot of CMCI (for
> historical reasons this is the THR: line).
> 
> -Tony
> 

I mailed you and Boris the requested information privately. Thanks!

- Daniel