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Message-ID: <20260113124837.GHaWY_JVdFi53mh6oO@fat_crate.local>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:48:37 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Li,Rongqing" <lirongqing@...du.com>
Cc: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
	Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
	Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 答复: 答复: 答复: [外部邮件] Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Fix timer interval adjustment after logging a MCE event

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:37:02PM +0000, Li,Rongqing wrote:
> The comment in mce_timer_fn says to adjust the polling interval, but
> I notice the kernel log always shows an MCE log every 5 minutes. Is this
> normal?

Use git annotate to figure out which patch added this comment and in context
of what and that'll tell you why.

As to the 5 minutes, look at how the check interval gets established.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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