linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce: Add support for Extended Physical Address MCA changes

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Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:55:46 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
        Muralidhara M K <muralimk@....com>,
        Akshay Gupta <Akshay.Gupta@....com>,
        Youquan Song <youquan.song@...el.com>,
        Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce: Add support for Extended Physical Address
 MCA changes

On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 05:10:12PM -0500, Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
> index f71435e53cdb..480a497877e2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
> @@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smca_banks);
>  #define MAX_MCATYPE_NAME_LEN	30
>  static char buf_mcatype[MAX_MCATYPE_NAME_LEN];
>  
> +struct smca_config {
> +	__u64 lsb_in_status     :  1,
> +	__reserved_0            : 63;
> +};
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(struct smca_config[MAX_NR_BANKS], smca_cfg);

Per CPU and per bank, huh? For a single bit?

Even if we have

static DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(struct mce_bank[MAX_NR_BANKS], mce_banks_array);

already?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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