Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/mce: Check MCi_STATUS[MISCV] for usable addr on Intel only

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Apr 18 2017 - 18:11:49 EST


On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 09:26:03PM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> We definitely don't need to look at MiscV.
>
> But the value in MCA_ADDR isn't necessarily a system physical address. It can be,
> or it can be a normalized address in the case of UMCs, or it can a set/way for caches.
> So it depends on the bank type and error type.

Right, this is all future work. mce_usable_address() would need some
beefing up then.

> All this may just be for SMCA systems though. I need to double check.

Thanks!

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