Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/MCE: Add command line option to extend MCE Records pool

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 01:37:09PM -0800, Tony Luck wrote:
> This made me question the "we don't have an allocator in
> mce_gen_pool_init()". Because if we got through all the
> ACPI stuff, we surely have an allocator.
> 
> Below patch doesn't explode at runtime.

Yap, I see it.

And I can't dig out why it didn't use to work and we had to do it this
way. The earliest thing I found is:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/1432150538-3120-2-git-send-email-gong.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#mf673ed669ee0d4c27b75bd48450c13c01cbb2cbf

I'll have to dig into my archives tomorrow, on a clear head...

Thx.

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