From 8c566ef5f3eb5d9daf61d0fa31d82c211f601ba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:49:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] x86-64: Add command line option to set machine check tolerance level Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 5 +++++ arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 678e8f192db2..ffe1c062088b 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Machine check If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though to make sure you log even machine check events that result in a reboot. + mce=tolerancelevel (number) + 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible, + 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing) + default is 1 + Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable. nomce (for compatibility with i386): same as mce=off diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c index 87ea8fdd43fd..a39a3edf9ed4 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ static int __init mcheck_disable(char *str) /* mce=off disables machine check. Note you can reenable it later using sysfs. + mce=TOLERANCELEVEL (number, see above) mce=bootlog Log MCEs from before booting. Disabled by default to work around buggy BIOS that leave bogus MCEs. */ static int __init mcheck_enable(char *str) @@ -499,6 +501,8 @@ static int __init mcheck_enable(char *str) mce_dont_init = 1; else if (!strcmp(str, "bootlog")) mce_bootlog = 1; + else if (isdigit(str[0])) + get_option(&str, &tolerant); else printk("mce= argument %s ignored. Please use /sys", str); return 0;