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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com>
Cc: Havard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@google.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ewout van Bekkum <ewout@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86-mce: Add spinlocks to prevent duplicated MCP and CMCI reports.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:12:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140710191224.GF5603@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+8MBbKNQEk5UQnVf-G8zeMiYE2FpyztHE6_RoDs3RM_8mrVow@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:57:06AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> You don't know if the bank is shared or not. If it is not shared, then
> the above code might skip reading the bank because some other cpu is
> busy reading that bank number - and seeing its own private bank.

Grrr, I see what you mean.

Hmm, can we serialize machine_check_poll per CPU in a cheaper way?
Disabling interrupts around the reads is certainly fine but still too
heavy-handed IMO.

I'll think about it more tomorrow - my brain is twisted enough for
today. :-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
--

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-10 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-09 17:09 [PATCH 0/6] x86 mce fixes Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 17:09 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86-mce: Modify CMCI poll interval to adjust for small check_interval values Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 19:17   ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-09 21:24     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10  9:01       ` Chen, Gong
2014-07-10 17:16         ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-11  2:12           ` Chen, Gong
2014-07-10 11:42       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-10 17:51         ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10 18:55           ` Tony Luck
2014-07-10 22:45             ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-11 15:35               ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 18:56                 ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-11 20:10                   ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 20:39                     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-14 14:57                       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 20:22                   ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-12  0:10                     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-14 15:14                       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 20:36                   ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 21:05                     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 17:09 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86-mce: Modify CMCI storm exit to reenable instead of rediscover banks Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 20:20   ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-09 21:34     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10 15:51       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-10 18:32         ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 17:09 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86-mce: Clear CMCI enable on all claimed CMCI banks before reboot Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 20:36   ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-09 21:40     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10 16:24       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-10 16:33         ` Tony Luck
2014-07-10 17:56         ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10 18:27           ` Tony Luck
2014-07-10 18:30           ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-09 17:09 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86-mce: Add spinlocks to prevent duplicated MCP and CMCI reports Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 20:35   ` Andi Kleen
2014-07-09 21:51     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 23:32       ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-10  8:16         ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-09 20:47   ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-09 21:56     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10 16:41   ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-10 18:03     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-10 18:44       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-10 18:57         ` Tony Luck
2014-07-10 19:12           ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2014-07-11  9:24             ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 19:06               ` Tony Luck
2014-07-11 19:52                 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-11 21:15                   ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-17 10:50                     ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-18 21:23                       ` Tony Luck
2014-07-18 21:31                         ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-09 17:09 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86-mce: check if no_way_out applies before deciding not to clear MCE banks Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 21:00   ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-09 23:00     ` Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 23:27       ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-10 16:49         ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-09 17:09 ` [PATCH 6/6] x86-mce: ensure the MCP timer is not already set in the mce_timer_fn Havard Skinnemoen
2014-07-09 21:04   ` Luck, Tony
2014-07-09 23:01     ` Havard Skinnemoen

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