linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v4 2/3] x86/mce: rename MCE_IN_KERNEL_COPYIN to MCE_IN_KERNEL_COPY

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Message-ID: <20240131070258.GGZbnwov0g918F-FGz@fat_crate.local>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:02:58 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen@...wei.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Guohanjun <guohanjun@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v4 2/3] x86/mce: rename MCE_IN_KERNEL_COPYIN to
 MCE_IN_KERNEL_COPY_MC

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 09:55:47PM +0800, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> Currently, there are some kernel memory copy scenarios is also mc safe
> which use copy_mc_to_kernel() or copy_mc_user_highpage().

Both of those end up in copy_mc_enhanced_fast_string() which does
EX_TYPE_DEFAULT_MCE_SAFE.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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