Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86 mce: use new printk recursion disablinginterface

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jun 04 2012 - 13:12:04 EST


On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:56:04AM +0800, ShuoX Liu wrote:
> From: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Disable printk recursion to make sure MCE logs printed out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> index 2afcbd2..365c35d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> @@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> DECLARE_BITMAP(toclear, MAX_NR_BANKS);
> char *msg = "Unknown";
>
> + printk_recursion_check_disable();
> atomic_inc(&mce_entry);
>
> this_cpu_inc(mce_exception_count);
> @@ -1144,6 +1145,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> mce_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, 0);
> out:
> atomic_dec(&mce_entry);
> + printk_recursion_check_enable();
> sync_core();

This is still adding the recursion check things in do_machine_check
instead of in print_mce.

Also, this commit message above needs more explanation why we want to
disable the recursion check on an MCE, maybe an example...

Thanks.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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