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Subject[PATCH 30 of 31] xen: no need for domU to worry about MCE/MCA
DateMon, 17 Mar 2008 16:37:21 -0700
FromJeremy Fitzhardinge <>
Mask MCE/MCA out of cpu caps.  Its harmless to leave them there, but
it does prevent the kernel from starting an unnecessary thread.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@
 	if (*ax == 1)
 		maskedx = ~((1 << X86_FEATURE_APIC) |  /* disable APIC */
 			    (1 << X86_FEATURE_ACPI) |  /* disable ACPI */
+			    (1 << X86_FEATURE_MCE)  |  /* disable MCE */
+			    (1 << X86_FEATURE_MCA)  |  /* disable MCA */
 			    (1 << X86_FEATURE_ACC));   /* thermal monitoring */
 
 	asm(XEN_EMULATE_PREFIX "cpuid"



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