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: <299368f0-a3f3-c252-ab98-7dd324dbd3c5@amd.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:57:04 -0500
From:   Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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 3/28/2022 8:55 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fr%2F20220311165114.482074-1-carlos.bilbao%40amd.com&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccarlos.bilbao%40amd.com%7C7355a7de9b224557d6cf08da10c29e56%7C3dd8961fe4884e608e11a82d994e183d%7C0%7C0%7C637840725342715892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=A809HxzZHYiZQ6Arlje0o9KAFt4c77I2Q4vOfCl9%2Fis%3D&amp;reserved=0
> 
> ?

Just fixed a typo in the first patch -I should have included a change log.

Thanks,
Carlos

>