"K.Prasad" <prasad at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes: > commit aea29c4a9324f24b5c61e7c3919a8137a53be935 > Author: Andi Kleen <ak at linux.intel.com> > Date: Fri Nov 19 18:42:02 2010 +0100 > > x86: mce: Convert mce code to xpanic > > - Pass in the panic timeout directly instead of > abusing global variable. > - Disable backtraces and kexecs on machine check panics > because they don't do anything useful. Nacked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com> Kexec on panic does not fact do something useful, and usable today. The mce_panic_timeout looks like a horrible hack that should be killed. Why do we think we know better than the sysadmin that sets up the system. Eric
