Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Keep quiet in case of broadcasted mce after system panic

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 09:53:21AM +0800, Xunlei Pang wrote:
> It changes the value of cpu_online_mask/etc which will cause confusion to vmcore analysis.

Then export the crashing_cpu variable, initialize it to something
invalid in the first kernel, -1 for example, and test it in the #MC
handlier like this:

	int cpu;

	...

	cpu = smp_processor_id();

	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu) ||
	    ((crashing_cpu != -1) && (crashing_cpu != cpu)) {
                u64 mcgstatus;

                mcgstatus = mce_rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS);
                if (mcgstatus & MCG_STATUS_RIPV) {
                        mce_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, 0);
			return;
		}
	}

> Moreover, for the code(see comment inlined)
> 
>         if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())) {
>                 u64 mcgstatus;
> 
>                 mcgstatus = mce_rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS);
>                 if (mcgstatus & MCG_STATUS_RIPV) { // This condition may be not true, the mce triggered on kdump cpu 
>                                                                      // doesn't need to have this bit set for the other cpus remain in 1st kernel. 

Is this on kvm or on a real hardware? Because for kvm I don't care. And
don't say "theoretically".

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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