[PATCH] x86_64: Make it clear in machine checks that it's an hardware problem

Hopefully the users will take the hint.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
index 281ad5f1f86a..b8f28ebdce26 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
 static void print_mce(struct mce *m)
 {
         printk(KERN_EMERG "\n"
+               KERN_EMERG "HARDWARE ERROR\n"
                KERN_EMERG
                "CPU %d: Machine Check Exception: %16Lx Bank %d: %016Lx\n",
                m->cpu, m->mcgstatus, m->bank, m->status);
@@ -110,6 +111,9 @@ static void print_mce(struct mce *m)
         if (m->misc)
                 printk("MISC %Lx ", m->misc);   
         printk("\n");
+        printk(KERN_EMERG "This is not a software problem!\n");
+        printk(KERN_EMERG
+    "Run through mcelog --ascii to decode and contact your hardware vendor\n");
 }
 
 static void mce_panic(char *msg, struct mce *backup, unsigned long start)