linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mce: Grade new machine errors for AMD MCEs and include messages for panic cases

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Message-ID: <YkG+SFCYMoAXrqJ3@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:55:20 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        x86@...nel.org, yazen.ghannam@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        bilbao@...edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/mce: Grade new machine errors for AMD MCEs and
 include messages for panic cases

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 08:41:30AM -0500, Carlos Bilbao wrote:
> This patchset includes grading of new types of machine errors on AMD's MCE
> grading logic mce_severity_amd(), which helps the MCE handler determine
> what actions to take. If the error is graded as a PANIC, the EDAC driver
> will not decode; so we also include new error messages to describe the MCE
> and help debugging critical errors.
> 
> Carlos Bilbao (2):
>   x86/mce: Extend AMD severity grading function with new types of errors
>   x86/mce: Add messages to describe panic machine errors on AMD's MCEs grading
>  
>  arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h         |   6 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/severity.c | 203 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

How is this submission different from

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220311165114.482074-1-carlos.bilbao@amd.com

?

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    Boris.

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