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Date: 27 Apr 2007 23:35:46 +0200
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:35:46 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: dynamic MCE poll interval (try 2)
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 02:34:11PM -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> From: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
> 
> Background:
> We've found that MCEs (specifically DRAM SBEs) tend to come in bunches,
> especially when we are trying really hard to stress the system out.  The
> current MCE poller uses a static interval which does not care whether it
> has or has not found MCEs recently.

Added thanks

-Andi