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From: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Notify user of MCE events (updated)
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:30:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41E17860.1040100@domdv.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1fz1av5am.fsf@muc.de>

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> writes:
> 
>>+	 */
>>+	if (notify_user && console_logged) {
>>+		notify_user = 0;
>>+		clear_bit(0, &console_logged);
>>+		printk(KERN_EMERG "Machine check exception logged\n");
> 
> 
> Another suggestion: don't make this KERN_EMERG. Make it KERN_INFO. 
> Logged errors are usually correct, so there is no need for an 
> emergency.

Just asking:
How about KERN_NOTICE? KERN_INFO is in my opinion too easily lost in the 
syslog noise. Personally I'm logging KERN_INFO just to console, 
KERN_NOTICE however to file.
An MCE event would suit the description "normal but significant 
condition" of KERN_NOTICE as far as I can see.
-- 
Andreas Steinmetz                       SPAMmers use robotrap@domdv.de

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-01-09 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-09  4:29 [PATCH] x86_64: Notify user of MCE events Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-01-09 16:44 ` Andi Kleen
2005-01-09 17:10   ` [PATCH] x86_64: Notify user of MCE events (updated) Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-01-09 18:14     ` Andi Kleen
2005-01-09 18:20       ` [PATCH] x86_64: Notify user of MCE events (updated 2) Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-01-09 18:27       ` [PATCH] x86_64: Notify user of MCE events (updated) Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-01-09 18:30       ` Andreas Steinmetz [this message]
2005-01-09 18:40         ` Andi Kleen

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