linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] tracing: Include Microcode Revision in mce

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:35:22 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
Cc: Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@....com>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	tony.luck@...el.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yazen.ghannam@....com, avadnaik@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] tracing: Include Microcode Revision in mce_record
 tracepoint

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 03:31:01PM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> On 3/27/2024 1:54 PM, Avadhut Naik wrote:
> 
> > -	TP_printk("CPU: %d, MCGc/s: %llx/%llx, MC%d: %016Lx, IPID: %016Lx, ADDR/MISC/SYND: %016Lx/%016Lx/%016Lx, RIP: %02x:<%016Lx>, TSC: %llx, PPIN: %llx, PROCESSOR: %u:%x, TIME: %llu, SOCKET: %u, APIC: %x",
> > +	TP_printk("CPU: %d, MCGc/s: %llx/%llx, MC%d: %016Lx, IPID: %016Lx, ADDR/MISC/SYND: %016Lx/%016Lx/%016Lx, RIP: %02x:<%016Lx>, TSC: %llx, PPIN: %llx, PROCESSOR: %u:%x, TIME: %llu, SOCKET: %u, APIC: %x, MICROCODE REVISION: %x",
> 
> Nit: s/MICROCODE REVISION/MICROCODE/g
> 
> You could probably get rid of the word REVISION in the interest of
> brevity similar to __print_mce().

You *definitely* want to do that - good catch.

And TBH, all the screaming words aren't helping either... :)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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