2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
index 563933e06a35..4f8c199584e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(mce_banks_t, mce_poll_banks);
 enum mcp_flags {
         MCP_TIMESTAMP = (1 << 0),       /* log time stamp */
         MCP_UC = (1 << 1),              /* log uncorrected errors */
+        MCP_DONTLOG = (1 << 2),         /* only clear, don't log */
 };
 extern void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c
index 82614f1b923a..6fb0b359d2a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
                  * Don't get the IP here because it's unlikely to
                  * have anything to do with the actual error location.
                  */
-
-                mce_log(&m);
-                add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
+                if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG)) {
+                        mce_log(&m);
+                        add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
+                }
 
                 /*
                  * Clear state for this bank.
@@ -585,7 +586,7 @@ static void mce_init(void *dummy)
          * Log the machine checks left over from the previous reset.
          */
         bitmap_fill(all_banks, MAX_NR_BANKS);
-        machine_check_poll(MCP_UC, &all_banks);
+        machine_check_poll(MCP_UC|(!mce_bootlog ? MCP_DONTLOG : 0), &all_banks);
 
         set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_MCE);