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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mce: fix fail to set 'monarchtimeout' via boot option
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 07:22:23PM +0800, Xie XiuQi wrote:
> I use "mce=1,10000000" in cmdline to change the monarch timeout, but
> it does not work.
>
> The cause is that get_option() has parsed the ',' already, we need
> not to check the ',' again.
>
> --
> get_option(): read an int from an option string;
> if available accept a subsequent comma as well.
>
> Return values:
> 0 - no int in string
> 1 - int found, no subsequent comma
> 2 - int found including a subsequent comma
> 3 - hyphen found to denote a range
>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 2.6.32+

I don't think that's a serious enough a bug to justify the stable tag.

> Signed-off-by: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@huawei.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> index 2a2bb91..46ca8e7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> @@ -2020,11 +2020,8 @@ static int __init mcheck_enable(char *str)
> else if (!strcmp(str, "bios_cmci_threshold"))
> cfg->bios_cmci_threshold = true;
> else if (isdigit(str[0])) {
> - get_option(&str, &(cfg->tolerant));
> - if (*str == ',') {
> - ++str;
> + if (get_option(&str, &(cfg->tolerant) == 2)

This patch wasn't build-tested, right:

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c: In function ‘mcheck_enable’:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:1993:41: warning: comparison between pointer and integer
if (get_option(&str, &(cfg->tolerant) == 2)
^
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:1993:24: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘get_option’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
if (get_option(&str, &(cfg->tolerant) == 2)
^
In file included from include/asm-generic/bug.h:13:0,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:35,
from include/linux/bug.h:4,
from include/linux/thread_info.h:11,
from arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:13:
include/linux/kernel.h:420:12: note: expected ‘int *’ but argument is of type ‘int’
extern int get_option(char **str, int *pint);
^
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:1994:4: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘get_option’
get_option(&str, &(cfg->monarch_timeout));
^
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:1995:2: error: expected expression before ‘}’ token
} else {
^
make[4]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck] Error 2
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/cpu] Error 2
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
make: *** [arch/x86] Error 2
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

> get_option(&str, &(cfg->monarch_timeout));
> - }
> } else {
> pr_info("mce argument %s ignored. Please use /sys\n", str);
> return 0;

Anyway, I fixed it up and applied it.

Thanks.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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