linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/mce: correct cpu_missing reporting in mce_timed

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Message-ID: <442373b1384e4607ba743de4c09df670@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 4 Nov 2021 15:47:36 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Zhaolong Zhang <zhangzl2013@....com>
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>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/mce: correct cpu_missing reporting in mce_timed_out

> Frankly, we might just as well kill that cpu_missing thing because we
> already say that some CPUs are not responding.

Yes. The more recent commit:

7bb39313cd62 ("x86/mce: Make mce_timed_out() identify holdout CPUs")

tries to provide the more detailed message about *which* CPUs are missing

> Tony, do you see any real need to keep it?

I think cpu_missing can be dropped.

-Tony