linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] x86/mce: Add workaround for SKX/CLX/CPX spurious machine checks

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Date:   Mon, 7 Feb 2022 22:20:13 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Jue Wang <juew@...gle.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "patches@...ts.linux.dev" <patches@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86/mce: Add workaround for SKX/CLX/CPX spurious machine
 checks

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 09:07:05PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Yes. That would work. It's an extra MSR read instead of a memory read.
> But this isn't a performance path.

Exactly.

> The erratum has made its way through to the public specification
> update yet :-(

You mean "has not"?

In any case, I guess you could say something like:

	pr_err_once("Erratum #XXX detected, disabling fast string copy instructions.\n");

or so and people can search with the erratum number later where the doc
will explain it in more detail.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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