Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:42:25 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Simplify CPU vendor checks for AMD/Hygon and Intel/Zhaoxin | From | Carlos Bilbao <> |
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Hello,
On 2/22/2022 10:10 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 09:58:58AM -0600, Carlos Bilbao wrote: >> In a number of places across the MCE subsystem we check if we are running >> an x86 processor from AMD/Hygon or Intel/Zhaoxin vendors. Simplify these >> checks with two mce_flags updated at CPU MCE initialization. > > ... and what's the point of this silliness? >
the point is to simplify the code (as the patch stated). Since we have 57 bits reserved but unused, it also wouldn't cost anything.
> Btw, you don't have to send it to my *two* email addresses - one is > enough. :) >
Noted.
Carlos.
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