linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] x86/mce: Increment MCP count only for timer calls

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Message-ID: <20240603152427.GEZl3gKy75YAwJaZZH@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 17:24:27 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc: linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tony.luck@...el.com, x86@...nel.org, avadhut.naik@....com,
	john.allen@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] x86/mce: Increment MCP count only for timer calls

On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 10:22:22AM -0400, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> In this case, should we also increment the count in __mc_scan_banks()?

Well, that's called only in do_machine_check() and latter's not polling
the banks but called as a result of a #MC exception raised.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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