On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 04:19:40PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 12:30:49PM +0000, Ashok Raj wrote:I probably misread your question.. are you suggesting we add some WARN when
You will find out when system returns after reboot and hopefully wasn'tNot good enough!
promoted to a cold-boot which will loose MCE banks.
we initiate late_load? I thought you were asking if the HW must signal
something and OS should log when an MCE happens if MCIP=1
This should issue a warning in dmesg that a potential MCE while updateOk, that clarifies it.. "IF we choose to set MCIP=1, we should tell users
is running would cause a lockup. That is if we don't disable MCE around
it.
If we decide to disable MCE, it should say shutdown.
that hell can break loose, get under the table" :-)
Encouraging.. So I'll drop that patch from the list next time around.Meaning deal with the effect of a really rare MCE. Rather than trying toRight now I'm inclined to not do anything and warn of a potential rare
avoid it. Taking the MCE is more important than finishing the update,
and loosing what the error signaled was trying to convey.
situation.