linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Streamline MCE subsystem's naming

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Message-ID: <20181205190355.GP29510@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:03:55 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Streamline MCE subsystem's naming

On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 07:01:58PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Oh - I thought we'd have arch/x86/mce/ or so?
> 
> There's machine check events that are not tied to any particular CPU, 
> correct? So this would be the right conceptual level - and it would also 
> remove the somewhat redundant 'kernel' part.

Well, all the MCE events reported are some way or the other tied to the
CPU and they're reported in the CPU's MCA banks so I think we want

	arch/x86/cpu/mce/

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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