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Currently, the PPIN (Protected Processor Inventory Number) MSR is read by every CPU that processes a machine check, CMCI, or just polls machine check banks from a periodic timer. This is not a "fast" MSR, so this adds to overhead of processing errors. Add a new "ppin" field to the cpuinfo_x86 structure. Read and save the PPIN during initialization. Use this copy in mce_setup() instead of reading the MSR. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220131230111.2004669-4-tony.luck@intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.