Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/mce/dev-mcelog: Fix updating kflags in AMD systems

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On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 06:45:31PM -0500, Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> The mcelog utility is not commonly used on AMD systems. Therefore, errors
> logged only by the dev_mce_log() notifier will be missed. This may occur
> if the EDAC modules are not loaded in which case it's preferable to print
> the error record by the default notifier.
> 
> However, the mce->kflags set by dev_mce_log() notifier makes the default
> notifier to skip over the errors assuming they are processed by
> dev_mce_log().
> 
> Do not update kflags in the dev_mce_log() notifier on AMD systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Link:
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200828203332.11129-3-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@xxxxxxx
> 
> v3:
> 	No change
> v2:
> 	No change
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c
> index 03e51053592a..100fbeebdc72 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c
> @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ static int dev_mce_log(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
>  unlock:
>  	mutex_unlock(&mce_chrdev_read_mutex);
>  
> -	mce->kflags |= MCE_HANDLED_MCELOG;
> +	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD)
> +		mce->kflags |= MCE_HANDLED_MCELOG;
> +
>  	return NOTIFY_OK;
>  }
>  
> -- 

This one is not related to your 1/2 so it sounds to me like I should
take this one now, independently?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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