From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756842AbXD0RIP (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:08:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756457AbXD0RIO (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:08:14 -0400 Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:2907 "EHLO mail.muc.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756832AbXD0RIM (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:08:12 -0400 Date: 27 Apr 2007 19:08:10 +0200 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:08:10 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Tim Hockin Cc: vojtech@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: dynamic MCE poll interval Message-ID: <20070427170810.GB4574@muc.de> References: <20070427090917.GA24922@muc.de> <20070427170230.GA4574@muc.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 10:05:58AM -0700, Tim Hockin wrote: > On 27 Apr 2007 19:02:30 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:58:14AM -0700, Tim Hockin wrote: > >> On 27 Apr 2007 11:09:17 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 06:02:52PM -0700, Tim Hockin wrote: > >> >> Description: > >> >> This patch makes the MCE poller adjust the polling interval > >dynamically. > >> >> If we find an MCE, poll 2x faster (down to 10 ms). When we stop > >finding > >> >> MCEs, poll 2x slower (up to check_interval seconds). The > >check_interval > >> >> tunable becomes the max polling interval. > >> > > >> >Can you please fix the documentation then? > >> > >> Which documentation, specifically? :) > > > >Documentation/x86_64/{boot-options.txt,machinecheck} > > What needs to be changed in boot-options? Nothing for your patch sorry. Only in machinecheck -Andi