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

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Message-ID: <20240212221913.GRZcqZYRd6EPTTnN97@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:19:13 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
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

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 11:08:33PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> I'll have to dig into my archives tomorrow, on a clear head...

So I checked out 648ed94038c030245a06e4be59744fd5cdc18c40 which is
4.2-something.

And even back then, mcheck_cpu_init() gets called *after* mm_init()
which already initializes the allocators. So why did we allocate that
buffer statically?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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