Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] ACPI, x86: Extended error log driver for x86platform

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sat Oct 19 2013 - 05:58:03 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:22:26PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> @@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
> /* Emit the trace record: */
> trace_mce_record(mce);
>
> + if (mce_ext_err_print)
> + if (mce_ext_err_print(NULL, m.extcpu, i))
> + return;
> +
> ret = atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, mce);
> if (ret == NOTIFY_STOP)
> return;
>
> If we move mce_ext_err_print() this far ... then it's only one line further down
> to have it be part of the x86_mce_decoder_chain as suggested by Naveen.

Right, if you want mce_ext_err_print() to be the first and the only one
called on the chain, then you'd have to play with the priority.

But yes, this is possible and it would make it all even cleaner
and simpler by simply not needing the reg/dereg interfaces for
mce_ext_err_print but adding it to the chain.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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