Re: [PATCH]: mce: don't print "human readable" message for correctederrors

[Prarit Bhargava]

> We are also setting TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK for corrected errors - perhaps
> this made sense when systems were small and machine checks were rare and
> scary.  But I think we need to start working with the reality that
> corrected errors are normal events.
>
>   

It still makes sense for small lt 1TB systems, IMO.  But ... maybe a
flag of some sort is necessary to stop the TAINTing for systems larger
than that.  The CEs may point to something going wrong on a system.  CEs
in theory become UCEs eventually, right?

>From a OS point of view, we would like to know that there is flaky HW on
the system.

/me knows this is going to turn into a PFA discussion in 4 ... 3 ... 2
....   ;)

P.

> -Tony
>   
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