linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Dynamically size space for machine check records

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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:39:51 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Naik, Avadhut" <avadnaik@....com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.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] x86/mce: Dynamically size space for machine check records

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 12:42:38AM -0600, Naik, Avadhut wrote:
> Somewhat confused here. Weren't we also exploring ways to avoid
> duplicate records from being added to the genpool? Has something
> changed in that regard?

You can always send patches proposing how *you* think this duplicate
elimination should look like and we can talk. :)

I don't think anyone would mind it if done properly but first you'd need
a real-life use case. As in, do we log sooo many duplicates such that
we'd want to dedup?

Hmmm.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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