On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 11:04:17AM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: > On 2011-10-03 13:02 +0530, K.Prasad wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > > index 08363b0..483b2fc 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > > @@ -238,6 +238,34 @@ static atomic_t mce_paniced; > > static int fake_panic; > > static atomic_t mce_fake_paniced; > > > > +void arch_add_nocoredump_note(u32 *buf) > > +{ > > + struct elf_note note; > > + const char note_name[] = "PANIC_MCE"; > > static const ... > > > + const char desc_msg[] = "Crash induced due to a fatal machine " > > + "check error"; > > likewise. > Not sure why you wanted them to be defined as static. These strings are going to be copied into respective elf-note buffers just a few lines below their definitions. > Please don't break string literals onto multiple lines like this, since > it prevents users from finding the string using "grep". We could do so, hoping that checkpatch.pl doesn't complain if we crossed the 80-column width :-) Thanks, K.Prasad