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Message-ID: <7a4945b0-322a-444e-a0ca-860a062a49c3@amd.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 14:35:12 -0600
From: "Naik, Avadhut" <avadnaik@....com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yazen.ghannam@....com,
Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] x86/MCE: Add command line option to extend MCE Records
pool
Hi,
On 2/9/2024 14:09, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 02:02:49PM -0600, Naik, Avadhut wrote:
>> Is it safe to assume that users will always want to increase the size
>> of the pool and not decrease it?
>
> Why don't you make the gen pool size a function of the number of CPUs on
> the system and have it all work automagically?
>
IIUC, this is exactly what the first patch in this series is trying to accomplish.
Please correct me if I understood wrong.
> Burdening the user with yet another cmdline switch is a bad idea. We
> have way too many as it is.
>
> This stuff should work out-of-the-box, without user intervention if
> possible. And it is possible in this case.
> Okay. Will drop the command line argument.
--
Thanks,
Avadhut Naik
> Thx.
>
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