linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/mce: dump error msg from severities

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Message-ID: <20250228123724.GDZ8GuBOuDy5xeHvjc@fat_crate.local>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:37:24 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: tony.luck@...el.com, nao.horiguchi@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, linmiaohe@...wei.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, jpoimboe@...nel.org,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com,
	tianruidong@...ux.alibaba.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/mce: dump error msg from severities

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 02:33:32PM +0800, Shuai Xue wrote:
> The message in severities is useful for identifying the type of MCE that
> has occurred; dump it if it is valid.

Needs more explanation as to what "useful" means. We already log and report
MCEs in gazillion ways.

-- 
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    Boris.

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