RE: [PATCH 1/3] x86/MCE, EDAC/mce_amd: Add support for new MCA_SYND{1,2} registers

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Tue Aug 02 2022 - 12:58:56 EST


> I ask because struct mce is UAPI. But I think this is just for /dev/mcelog,
> and this has been deprecated for a while. So on a related note, should
> /dev/mcelog be removed and struct mce moved out of UAPI? Then changes to
> struct mce won't affect user space, and we can just consider the mce trace
> event when reporting to user space.

Even though deprecated, mcelog still has users, so I don't think it should go away
yet.

-Tony