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

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Message-ID: <YYQgPGVxP0R9hfYx@zn.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 4 Nov 2021 19:02:36 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Zhaolong Zhang <zhangzl2013@....com>,
        "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

On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 03:47:36PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > 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

Exactly.

> I think cpu_missing can be dropped.

Zhaolong, you could send a patch doing that, instead.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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