Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757886AbZDGPIl (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:08:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756695AbZDGPHG (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:07:06 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:48807 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755005AbZDGPHB (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:07:01 -0400 From: Andi Kleen References: <20090407506.675031434@firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20090407506.675031434@firstfloor.org> To: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: [PATCH] [2/4] x86: MCE: Fix boot logging logic Message-Id: <20090407150655.254A01D046F@basil.firstfloor.org> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:06:55 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2106 Lines: 59 Impact: bugfix The earlier patch to change the poller to a separate function subtly broke the boot logging logic. This could lead to machine checks getting logged at boot even when disabled or defaulting to off on some systems. Fix that. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h 2009-04-07 16:09:57.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h 2009-04-07 16:43:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ enum mcp_flags { MCP_TIMESTAMP = (1 << 0), /* log time stamp */ MCP_UC = (1 << 1), /* log uncorrected errors */ + MCP_DONTLOG = (1 << 2), /* only clear, don't log */ }; extern void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b); Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c 2009-04-07 16:09:59.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c 2009-04-07 16:43:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ * Don't get the IP here because it's unlikely to * have anything to do with the actual error location. */ - - mce_log(&m); - add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK); + if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG)) { + mce_log(&m); + add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK); + } /* * Clear state for this bank. @@ -585,7 +586,7 @@ * Log the machine checks left over from the previous reset. */ bitmap_fill(all_banks, MAX_NR_BANKS); - machine_check_poll(MCP_UC, &all_banks); + machine_check_poll(MCP_UC|(!mce_bootlog ? MCP_DONTLOG : 0), &all_banks); set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_MCE); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/