From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751973AbWG1F2U (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:28:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751654AbWG1F2U (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:28:20 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:21861 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751285AbWG1F2T (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:28:19 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TwSVkd4esF8HuH8bPkzQkQ7do9f3Ia1VucQ9Z6Ls9iwXTaDlw0xCDq37rz/Aw4jcuQRxGN6NIIHZoy3MnFYZ/NmQ3KNlfzN3lFP8GSnSbW73hvku3ChgK53d2CF4iTXAhrT10W0intLS0BU2eMVHBnXoO4jC2NHrxmUjgWc7B28= Message-ID: <6de39a910607272228o26ab51cbw8aaa7215f5fadb8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:28:18 -0700 From: "Handle X" To: "Robert Hancock" Subject: Re: Can we ignore errors in mcelog if the server is running fine Cc: "Vikas Kedia" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <44C9155D.5060102@shaw.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <44C9155D.5060102@shaw.ca> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 7/27/06, Robert Hancock wrote: > Vikas Kedia wrote: > > The server seems to be running fine. A. can I ignore the following > > mcelog errors ? B. If not what should i do to stop the server from > > reporting mcelog errors. > > Looks like data cache ECC errors, meaning the CPU 0 is faulty. > Eventually if it's not replaced there will likely be some uncorrectable > errors and the system will likely crash. I am facing similar, but different errors. [root@turyxsrv ~]# mcelog MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC 89a560bb249 ADDR 1dfa49690 Northbridge Chipkill ECC error Chipkill ECC syndrome = 2021 bit46 = corrected ecc error bus error 'local node response, request didn't time out generic read mem transaction memory access, level generic' STATUS 9410c00020080a13 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 1 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC a6550f2d4de ADDR 1de74b670 Northbridge Chipkill ECC error Chipkill ECC syndrome = 2021 bit32 = err cpu0 bit46 = corrected ecc error bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out generic read mem transaction memory access, level generic' STATUS 9410c00120080813 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 2 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC afe4eba238a ADDR 1d8049698 Northbridge Chipkill ECC error Chipkill ECC syndrome = 2021 bit46 = corrected ecc error bus error 'local node response, request didn't time out generic read mem transaction memory access, level generic' STATUS 9410c00020080a13 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 3 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC cc945738d0a ADDR 194c4b670 Northbridge Chipkill ECC error Chipkill ECC syndrome = 2021 bit40 = error found by scrub bit46 = corrected ecc error bus error 'local node response, request didn't time out generic read mem transaction memory access, level generic' STATUS 9410c10020080a13 MCGSTATUS 0 Repeats whenever I do any kind of operations... How severe is ChipKill errors? Should I consider throwing away CPU 1 and get another one. Regards, Om.