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

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Date:   Fri, 5 Nov 2021 10:19:27 +0800 (CST)
From:   "Zhaolong Zhang" <zhangzl2013@....com>
To:     "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.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:Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: correct cpu_missing reporting in
 mce_timed_out


At 2021-11-05 02:02:36, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>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.

Thanks for the reply. Let me see how to do it properly.

Regards,
Zhaolong

>
>Thx.
>
>-- 
>Regards/Gruss,
>    Boris.
>
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