"K.Prasad" <prasad at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes: > PANIC_MCE: Introduce a new panic flag for fatal MCE, capture related information > > Fatal machine check exceptions (caused due to hardware memory errors) will now > result in a 'slim' coredump that captures vital information about the MCE. This > patch introduces a new panic flag, and new parameters to *panic functions > that can capture more information pertaining to the cause of crash. > > Enable a new elf-notes section to store additional information about the crash. > For MCE, enable a new notes section that captures relevant register status > (struct mce) to be later read during coredump analysis. There may be a reason to pass everything struct mce through 5 layers of code but right now it looks like it just makes everything uglier to no real purpose. Eric
