linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/mce: Get rid of the ->quirk_no_way

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Message-ID: <YUhHoclcgh/qBNG9@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:34:41 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/mce: Get rid of the ->quirk_no_way_out()
 indirect call

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:06:03PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Someday all these tests for random vendor/family/model/stepping could be
> refactored into a x86_match_cpu() lookup table (now that x86_match_cpu
> can handle steppings). But that's a topic for a different patch series.

If it remains somewhat readable, sure. If it turns into my favourite
code in severity.c then probably not so much.

:-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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