linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Defer processing early errors until mcheck_late

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Message-ID: <d0c96c2ba2ff45d6afc593a18f3893fb@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:41:50 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     "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>,
        Sumanth Kamatala <skamatala@...iper.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Defer processing early errors until
 mcheck_late_init()

+	MCP_LOG_ONLY	= BIT(3),	/* log only */

That looks nice ... except for the name & comment here. They don't
really capture what this flag bit does.

Maybe

	MCP_QUEUE_LOG	= BIT(3),	/* Just queue to genpool */

-Tony