Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86, MCE: Do not taint when handling correctableerrors

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Apr 21 2011 - 05:36:26 EST



* Chumbalkar, Nagananda <Nagananda.Chumbalkar@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Would it be okay to extend this reasoning and also remove the tainting
> caused by TM1/TM2 thermal events:
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> index 6f8c5e9..9f3b5ae 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> @@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static int therm_throt_process(bool new_event, int event,
> int level)
> level == CORE_LEVEL ? "Core" : "Package",
> state->count);
>
> - add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
> return 1;
> }
> if (old_event) {
> @@ -393,7 +392,6 @@ static void unexpected_thermal_interrupt(void)
> {
> printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT thermal interrupt!\n",
> smp_processor_id());
> - add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
> }

Mind sending a proper patch, with changelog, signoff, acks, etc?

Thanks,

Ingo
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