From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>,
hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu,
tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [20/28] x86: MCE: Switch x86 machine check handler to Monarch election. II
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090417135303.GP14687@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090417130944.GL14687@one.firstfloor.org>
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 03:09:44PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * Monarch starts executing now, the others wait.
> > > + */
> > > + if (*order == 1) {
> > > + atomic_set(&global_nwo, 0);
> >
> > Monarch should clear global_nwo after all Subjects have read it.
>
> The subjects don't care about the global nwo state, it only matters to the
> Monarch who does the panic in mce_end(). The only exception would be timeout,
> but in this case all the decisions are local only anyways.
> We ensure that all the subjects have written it first.
I thought some more about this and I think I was a little fast to dismiss
it due to the bank sharing heuristics. It's safer to indeed wait
for the subjects here too before clearing. I'll fix that up, thanks.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-17 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-07 15:07 [PATCH] [0/28] x86: MCE: Feature series for 2.6.31 Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [1/28] x86: Fix panic with interrupts off (needed for MCE) Andi Kleen
2009-04-20 0:26 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-20 5:36 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [2/28] x86: MCE: Synchronize core after machine check handling Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [3/28] x86: MCE: Remove assumption that RIP MSR is exact Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [4/28] x86: MCE: Use symbolic macros to access MCG_CAP register Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [5/28] x86: MCE: Use extended sysattrs for the check_interval attribute Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [6/28] x86: MCE: Add machine check exception count in /proc/interrupts Andi Kleen
2009-04-08 5:00 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-08 9:56 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [7/28] x86: MCE: Log corrected errors when panicing Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [8/28] x86: MCE: Remove unused mce_events variable Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [9/28] x86: MCE: Remove machine check handler idle notify on 64bit Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [10/28] x86: MCE: Remove oops_begin() use in 64bit machine check Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [11/28] x86: MCE: Remove mce_init unused argument Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [12/28] x86: MCE: Rename and align out2 label Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [13/28] x86: MCE: Implement bootstrapping for machine check wakeups Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [14/28] x86: MCE: Add MSR read wrappers for easier error injection Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 11:23 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-17 13:00 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 23:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [15/28] x86: MCE: Remove TSC print heuristic Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [16/28] x86: MCE: Drop BKL in mce_open Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:07 ` [PATCH] [17/28] x86: MCE: Add table driven machine check grading Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [18/28] x86: MCE: Check early in exception handler if panic is needed Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [19/28] x86: MCE: Implement panic synchronization Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [20/28] x86: MCE: Switch x86 machine check handler to Monarch election Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 11:24 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-17 13:09 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 13:53 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [21/28] x86: MCE: Store record length into memory struct mce anchor Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [22/28] x86: MCE: Default to panic timeout for machine checks Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 11:24 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-17 13:12 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [23/28] x86: MCE: Improve documentation Andi Kleen
2009-04-08 5:12 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [24/28] x86: MCE: Support more than 256 CPUs in struct mce Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [25/28] x86: MCE: Extend struct mce user interface with more information Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [26/28] Export add_timer_on for modules Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [27/28] MCE: Add basic error injection infrastructure Andi Kleen
2009-04-07 15:08 ` [PATCH] [28/28] x86: MCE: Implement new status bits Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 11:24 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-17 13:17 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-17 11:24 ` [PATCH] [0/28] x86: MCE: Feature series for 2.6.31 Hidetoshi Seto
2009-04-17 13:28 ` Andi Kleen
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