"K.Prasad" <[email protected]> writes:

> commit aea29c4a9324f24b5c61e7c3919a8137a53be935
> Author: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
> Date:   Fri Nov 19 18:42:02 2010 +0100
>
>     x86: mce: Convert mce code to xpanic
>     
>     - Pass in the panic timeout directly instead of
>     abusing global variable.
>     - Disable backtraces and kexecs on machine check panics
>     because they don't do anything useful.

Nacked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>

Kexec on panic does not fact do something useful, and usable
today.

The mce_panic_timeout looks like a horrible hack that should
be killed.  Why do we think we know better than the sysadmin
that sets up the system.

Eric

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