RE: [RFC] x86/mce: Add workaround for SKX/CLX/CPX spurious machine checks

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Mon Feb 07 2022 - 16:51:55 EST


>> The erratum has made its way through to the public specification
>> update yet :-(
>
> You mean "has not"?

Curse my pathetic typing skills ... "has NOT made its way" is where we are today.
I don't know when that status will change.

> In any case, I guess you could say something like:
>
> pr_err_once("Erratum #XXX detected, disabling fast string copy instructions.\n");
>
> or so and people can search with the erratum number later where the doc
> will explain it in more detail.

When the errata (plural, there are separate lists for SKX and CLX) go public
we could update this message with the names.

-Tony