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On Thu, 2013-08-08 at 18:49 +0530, Mahesh Jagannath Salgaonkar wrote:
> But, I think I should depend on
> evt->disposition==MCE_DISPOSITION_RECOVERED and not play with MSR_RI
> and
> SRR1. I will fix my code.

If MSR:RI is 0, then you have clobbered SRR0/SRR1 beyond repair and
probably cannot recover.

Ben.