On 02/22/2017 at 02:20 AM, Luck, Tony wrote: >> It's from my understanding, I didn't get the explicit description from the intel SDM on this point. >> If a broadcast SRAO comes on real hardware, will MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS of each cpu have MCG_STATUS_RIPV bit set? > MCG_STATUS is a per-thread MSR and will contain the status appropriate for that thread when #MC is delivered. > So the RIPV bit will be set if, and only if, the thread saved a valid return address for this exception. The net result > is that it is almost always set for "innocent bystander" CPUs that were dragged into the exception handler because > of a broadcast #MC. We make the test because if it isn't set, then the do_machine_check() had better not return > because we have no idea where it will return to - since there is not a valid return IP. > Got it, thanks for the details. Regards, Xunlei
