On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 03:15:50PM +0000, Gabriele Paoloni wrote:
> Right now for local MCEs we panic(),if needed, right after lmce is
> set. For global MCEs mce_reign() takes care of calling mce_panic().
> Hence this patch:
> - improves readibility by moving the conditional evaluation of
> tolerant up to when kill_it is set first
> - moves the mce_panic() call up into the statement where mce_end()
> fails
Pls avoid using "this patch does this and that" in the commit message
but say directly what it does:
- Improve readability ...
- Move mce_panic()...
and so on.
> Signed-off-by: Gabriele Paoloni <gabriele.paol...@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.l...@intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 21 +++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> index b990892c6766..e025ff04438f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> @@ -1350,8 +1350,7 @@ noinstr void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
> * severity is MCE_AR_SEVERITY we have other options.
> */
> if (!(m.mcgstatus & MCG_STATUS_RIPV))
> - kill_it = 1;
> -
> + kill_it = (cfg->tolerant == 3) ? 0 : 1;
So you just set kill_it using cfg->tolerant...
> /*
> * Check if this MCE is signaled to only this logical processor,
> * on Intel, Zhaoxin only.
> @@ -1384,8 +1383,15 @@ noinstr void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
> * When there's any problem use only local no_way_out state.
> */
> if (!lmce) {
> - if (mce_end(order) < 0)
> + if (mce_end(order) < 0) {
> no_way_out = no_way_out ? no_way_out : worst >=
> MCE_PANIC_SEVERITY;
> + /*
> + * mce_reign() has probably failed hence evaluate if we
> need
> + * to panic
> + */
> + if (no_way_out && mca_cfg.tolerant < 3)
... but here you're testing cfg->tolerant again.
why not
if (no_way_out && kill_it)
?
Thx.
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Boris.
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