linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/mce: Dynamically register default MCE handler

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Message-ID: <20200108100356.GA27363@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jan 2020 11:03:56 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Ghannam, Yazen" <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>
Cc:     Jan H. Schönherr <jschoenh@...zon.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/mce: Dynamically register default MCE handler

On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 04:24:33AM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> I've encountered an issue where EDAC didn't load (either due to a
> bug or missing hardware enablement) and the MCE got swallowed by the
> mcelog notifier. The mcelog utility wasn't in use, so there was no
> record of the MCE.

Can you reproduce this using the injector?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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