linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce: Add messages for panic errors in AMD's MCE grading

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Message-ID: <YlLWUlt1V0lx52a8@yaz-ubuntu>
Date:   Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:06:26 +0000
From:   Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
To:     Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
Cc:     bp@...en8.de, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        bilbao@...edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mce: Add messages for panic errors in AMD's MCE
 grading

On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 01:32:14PM -0500, Carlos Bilbao wrote:
> When a machine error is graded as PANIC by AMD grading logic, the MCE
> handler calls mce_panic(). The notification chain does not come into effect
> so the AMD EDAC driver does not decode the errors. In these cases, the
> messages displayed to the user are more cryptic and miss information
> that might be relevant, like the context in which the error took place.
> 
> Fix the above issue including messages on AMD's grading logic for machine
> errors graded as PANIC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>

Thanks!

-Yazen