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authorHidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>2009-08-26 16:20:36 +0900
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-08-26 20:21:11 +0200
commit680b6cfd3cee30a7d997d49430fb73af84523853 (patch)
treeb1ba1c3acb3611fc84aaaa5d5216a64db3b6a06e /Documentation
parentbf783f9f7d33576815bc89f9f1856a7309ea2f17 (diff)
x86, mce: CE in last bank prevents panic by unknown MCE
If MCE handler is called but none of mces_seen have machine check event which might signal the MCE (i.e. event higher than MCE_KEEP_SEVERITY), panic with "Machine check from unknown source" will be taken since the MCE is assumed to be signaled from external agent or so. Usually mces_seen never point MCE_KEEP_SEVERITY event such as CE. But it can happen because initial value of mces_seen is accidentally modified by mce_no_way_out() - in case if mce_no_way_out() run through all banks and the last bank has the CE, mces_seen points the CE and the "panic by unknown" will not be taken. This patch fixes this undesired behavior, and clarifies the logic. Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@np.css.fujitsu.com> LKML-Reference: <4A94E244.3020301@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Reported-by: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@np.css.fujitsu.com>
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