So mce_start_timer() has a 'cpu' argument which is supposed to mean to
start a timer on that cpu. However, the code currently starts a timer on
the *current* cpu the function runs on and causes the sanity-check in
mce_timer_fn to fire:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:1286 mce_timer_fn
because it is running on the wrong cpu.
This was triggered by Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> by offlining
all the cpus in succession.
Then, we were fiddling with the CMCI storm settings when starting the
timer whereas there's no need for that - if there's storm happening
on this newly restarted cpu, we're going to be in normal CMCI mode
initially and then when the CMCI interrupt starts firing, we're going to
go to the polling mode with the timer real soon.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tested-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Chen, Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1387722156-5511-1-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com
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