On 2016-11-10 11:22:22 [+0100], Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Why on earth do we enable MCE stuff in identify_cpu() ? so it happens asap.
Boris' mail in this thread: |Uh, hm, I'm not sure about this: so the issue I see with this is that |the more we're delaying the enabling or MCE reporting - and especially |setting CR4[MCE] - the more we're increasing the window where a MCE |during early boot will cause a shutdown. (This is what happens if |CR4[MCE]=0b). > Thanks, > > tglx Sebastian