From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Subject: x86/mce: Streamline MCE subsystem's naming From: Borislav Petkov Message-Id: <20181205190355.GP29510@zn.tnic> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:03:55 +0100 To: Ingo Molnar Cc: LKML , Tony Luck , X86 ML , linux-edac List-ID: T24gV2VkLCBEZWMgMDUsIDIwMTggYXQgMDc6MDE6NThQTSArMDEwMCwgSW5nbyBNb2xuYXIgd3Jv dGU6Cj4gT2ggLSBJIHRob3VnaHQgd2UnZCBoYXZlIGFyY2gveDg2L21jZS8gb3Igc28/Cj4gCj4g VGhlcmUncyBtYWNoaW5lIGNoZWNrIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGFyZSBub3QgdGllZCB0byBhbnkgcGFy dGljdWxhciBDUFUsIAo+IGNvcnJlY3Q/IFNvIHRoaXMgd291bGQgYmUgdGhlIHJpZ2h0IGNvbmNl cHR1YWwgbGV2ZWwgLSBhbmQgaXQgd291bGQgYWxzbyAKPiByZW1vdmUgdGhlIHNvbWV3aGF0IHJl ZHVuZGFudCAna2VybmVsJyBwYXJ0LgoKV2VsbCwgYWxsIHRoZSBNQ0UgZXZlbnRzIHJlcG9ydGVk IGFyZSBzb21lIHdheSBvciB0aGUgb3RoZXIgdGllZCB0byB0aGUKQ1BVIGFuZCB0aGV5J3JlIHJl cG9ydGVkIGluIHRoZSBDUFUncyBNQ0EgYmFua3Mgc28gSSB0aGluayB3ZSB3YW50CgoJYXJjaC94 ODYvY3B1L21jZS8K From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D93FC04EB9 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 19:04:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CF6208E7 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 19:04:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="HOJG1t2s" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org C4CF6208E7 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=reject dis=none) header.from=alien8.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728135AbeLETEA (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:04:00 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:59272 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727257AbeLETD7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:03:59 -0500 Received: from zn.tnic (p200300EC2BC09900ED3DB18DCE3E6DEF.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2bc0:9900:ed3d:b18d:ce3e:6def]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 7694F1EC0BA2; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:03:58 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1544036638; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=kAPA4uSupwkzbxl3zVwAPfGw9r7IX7xp+JMX3WI/ayI=; b=HOJG1t2sGaH41B/rTjUXf04YrRO7xU0stPKqVSr9vLIKBImkryRJXdP6RaGkW6hfON6yjQ on9AHGgORCRn2s28kJ1CSCbVYBkeGTB4hxprE6dT42YFWBnASQc9l+PtiVJ/kLcc+P8hon W1hwsK9YdhcYpYtFbO/6HIgdRHrtjdc= Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:03:55 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Ingo Molnar Cc: LKML , Tony Luck , X86 ML , linux-edac Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Streamline MCE subsystem's naming Message-ID: <20181205190355.GP29510@zn.tnic> References: <20181205141323.14995-1-bp@alien8.de> <20181205163037.GC109259@gmail.com> <20181205170006.GK29510@zn.tnic> <20181205180158.GA64770@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181205180158.GA64770@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 07:01:58PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Oh - I thought we'd have arch/x86/mce/ or so? > > There's machine check events that are not tied to any particular CPU, > correct? So this would be the right conceptual level - and it would also > remove the somewhat redundant 'kernel' part. Well, all the MCE events reported are some way or the other tied to the CPU and they're reported in the CPU's MCA banks so I think we want arch/x86/cpu/mce/ -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.