linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/2] x86/MCE: Add command line option to extend MCE Records pool

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:41:03 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: "Naik, Avadhut" <avadnaik@....com>, "Mehta, Sohil"
	<sohil.mehta@...el.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"yazen.ghannam@....com" <yazen.ghannam@....com>, Avadhut Naik
	<avadhut.naik@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] x86/MCE: Add command line option to extend MCE
 Records pool

> It needs a proper explanation why that's ok rather than an empirical
> test only.

start_kernel()
   ... setup_arch()
       .... acpi stuff parses MADT and sets bits in possible map

   ... arch_cpu_finalize_init()
       ... calls mce_gen_pool_init()

-Tony