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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] MCE: replace mce.c use of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY with user_return_notifier
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:53:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110612135348.GA20439@aftab> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF4952F.5030808@redhat.com>

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:30:07AM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote:
> You're missing the flow.  The MCE handler calls irq_work_queue(), which 
> schedules a user return notifier, which does any needed processing in 
> task context.

Ah ok, this will obviate the need for atomic lists in the user return
notifier. This could work, yep.

Thanks for clarifying.

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Boris.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-12 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-09 21:25 [RFC] reworked machine check recovery patches Luck, Tony
2011-06-09 21:29 ` [PATCH 01/10] MCE: fixes for mce severity table Luck, Tony
2011-06-09 21:30 ` [PATCH 02/10] MCE: save most severe error information Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  8:06   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-10 18:08     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-09 21:31 ` [PATCH 03/10] MCE: introduce mce_gather_info() Luck, Tony
2011-06-09 21:32 ` [PATCH 04/10] MCE: Move ADDR/MISC reading code into common function Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  9:33   ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-10 18:17     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-09 21:33 ` [PATCH 05/10] MCE: Mask out address mask bits below address granuality Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  8:07   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-10  9:46     ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-10 19:06     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-11  0:12       ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-10  9:42   ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-10 19:09     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-09 21:34 ` [PATCH 06/10] HWPOISON: Handle hwpoison in current process Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  8:07   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-10 20:36     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-09 21:35 ` [PATCH 07/10] MCE: replace mce.c use of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY with user_return_notifier Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  8:08   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-10 20:42     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-11 10:24       ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-12  8:31       ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-12  8:29   ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-12 10:24     ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-12 10:30       ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-12 13:53         ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2011-06-09 21:36 ` [PATCH 08/10] NOTIFIER: Take over TIF_MCE_NOTIFY and implement task return notifier Luck, Tony
2011-06-12 22:38   ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-13  5:31     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-13  7:59       ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-13  9:55         ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-13 11:40           ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-13 12:40             ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-13 12:47               ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-13 15:12                 ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-13 16:31                   ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-13 17:13                     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-14  2:50                       ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-14  2:51                         ` [PATCH 1/2] x86, mce: introduce mce_memory_failure_process Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-14  2:53                         ` [PATCH 2/2] x86, mce: rework use of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-14 18:02                           ` Tony Luck
2011-06-14 18:28                             ` Tony Luck
2011-06-15  1:29                               ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-15  2:10                                 ` Tony Luck
2011-06-15  3:17                                   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-14  3:09                         ` [PATCH 08/10] NOTIFIER: Take over TIF_MCE_NOTIFY and implement task return notifier Tony Luck
2011-06-14 11:40                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-14 13:33                         ` Borislav Petkov
2011-06-14 13:43                           ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-14 17:13                             ` Luck, Tony
2011-06-15  8:51                               ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-14 16:59                         ` Luck, Tony
2011-06-15  8:52                           ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-13 16:43               ` Tony Luck
2011-06-09 21:37 ` [PATCH 09/10] MCE: run through processors with more severe problems first Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  8:09   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-10 20:49     ` Tony Luck
2011-06-13 22:03       ` Tony Luck
2011-06-14  1:27         ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-14  3:04           ` Tony Luck
2011-06-09 21:38 ` [PATCH 10/10] MCE: Add Action-Required support Luck, Tony
2011-06-10  8:06   ` Hidetoshi Seto
2011-06-10 21:00     ` Tony Luck

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