From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Qiuxu Zhuo <qzhuo@nvidia.com>, Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@intel.com>
Cc: linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/mce: Rate-limit the CMCI storm transition notices
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:49:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113-mci_ratelimit-v3-2-ada38c5a6c88@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113-mci_ratelimit-v3-0-ada38c5a6c88@debian.org>
mce_track_storm() prints a line every time a bank enters storm mode and
another every time it leaves. Neither is bounded, so the log volume
follows whatever rate the bank flaps at.
One host in our fleet logged 9970726 "CMCI storm detected" and 9970734
"CMCI storm subsided" lines for a single bank over four days, which is
a bit excessive for all monitoring purposes.
Put both transitions behind one ratelimit.
Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/threshold.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/threshold.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/threshold.c
index 6c370d5af5bd23..8591715ce24306 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/threshold.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/threshold.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include <asm/irq_vectors.h>
#include <asm/traps.h>
@@ -111,6 +112,13 @@ void cmci_storm_end(unsigned int bank)
mce_timer_kick(false);
}
+/*
+ * Shared by both transitions so that a bank flapping between them cannot
+ * outrun the console.
+ */
+static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(storm_rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
+ DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
+
void mce_track_storm(struct mce *mce)
{
struct mca_storm_desc *storm = this_cpu_ptr(&storm_desc);
@@ -150,13 +158,17 @@ void mce_track_storm(struct mce *mce)
if (storm->banks[mce->bank].in_storm_mode) {
if (history & GENMASK_ULL(STORM_END_POLL_THRESHOLD, 0))
return;
- printk_deferred(KERN_NOTICE "CPU%d BANK%d CMCI storm subsided\n", smp_processor_id(), mce->bank);
+ if (__ratelimit(&storm_rs))
+ printk_deferred(KERN_NOTICE "CPU%d BANK%d CMCI storm subsided\n",
+ smp_processor_id(), mce->bank);
mce_handle_storm(mce->bank, false);
cmci_storm_end(mce->bank);
} else {
if (hweight64(history) < STORM_BEGIN_THRESHOLD)
return;
- printk_deferred(KERN_NOTICE "CPU%d BANK%d CMCI storm detected\n", smp_processor_id(), mce->bank);
+ if (__ratelimit(&storm_rs))
+ printk_deferred(KERN_NOTICE "CPU%d BANK%d CMCI storm detected\n",
+ smp_processor_id(), mce->bank);
mce_handle_storm(mce->bank, true);
cmci_storm_begin(mce->bank);
}
--
2.53.1-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 13:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 12:49 [PATCH v3 0/2] x86/mce: Rate-limit messages from corrected error floods Breno Leitao
2026-11-13 12:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/mce: Restore rate limit on MCE logged message Breno Leitao
2026-11-13 21:15 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-11-13 12:49 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-11-13 15:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/mce: Rate-limit the CMCI storm transition notices Qiuxu (Leo) Zhuo
2026-11-13 21:20 ` Sohil Mehta
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