linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] cper, apei, mce: Pass x86 CPER through the MCA handling chain

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Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:27:10 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc:     Punit Agrawal <punit1.agrawal@...hiba.co.jp>,
        Smita Koralahalli Channabasappa <skoralah@....com>,
        Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...ica.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] cper, apei, mce: Pass x86 CPER through the MCA
 handling chain

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:19:40AM -0500, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> This patch is checking if an MSR context info structure lines up with
> the MCAX register space used on Scalable MCA systems. This register
> space is defined in the AMD Processor Programming Reference for various
> products. This is considered a hardware feature extension, so the
> existing register layout won't change though new registers may be added.

Yeah, and exactly for that there's no need to add a special structure
because if new registers get added, you'd need to add a new struct
definition too. Let's keep it simple and do the offsets thing.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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