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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p6.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p6.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p6.c
index 3c035b8fa3d..979b18bc95c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p6.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p6.c
@@ -102,11 +102,16 @@ void __devinit intel_p6_mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
wrmsr(MSR_IA32_MCG_CTL, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff);
nr_mce_banks = l & 0xff;
- /* Don't enable bank 0 on intel P6 cores, it goes bang quickly. */
- for (i=1; i<nr_mce_banks; i++) {
+ /*
+ * Following the example in IA-32 SDM Vol 3:
+ * - MC0_CTL should not be written
+ * - Status registers on all banks should be cleared on reset
+ */
+ for (i=1; i<nr_mce_banks; i++)
wrmsr (MSR_IA32_MC0_CTL+4*i, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff);
+
+ for (i=0; i<nr_mce_banks; i++)
wrmsr (MSR_IA32_MC0_STATUS+4*i, 0x0, 0x0);
- }
set_in_cr4 (X86_CR4_MCE);
printk (KERN_INFO "Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#%d.\n",