x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog driver

Move all code relating to /dev/mcelog to a separate source file.
/dev/mcelog driver can now operate from the machine check notifier with
lowest prio.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]>
[ Move the mce_helper and trigger functionality behind CONFIG_X86_MCELOG_LEGACY. ]
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: linux-edac <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[ Renamed CONFIG_X86_MCELOG to CONFIG_X86_MCELOG_LEGACY. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

Author: aegl

arch/x86/Kconfig

@@ -1043,6 +1043,14 @@ config X86_MCE
 	  The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
 	  ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
 
+config X86_MCELOG_LEGACY
+	bool "Support for deprecated /dev/mcelog character device"
+	depends on X86_MCE
+	---help---
+	  Enable support for /dev/mcelog which is needed by the old mcelog
+	  userspace logging daemon. Consider switching to the new generation
+	  rasdaemon solution.
+
 config X86_MCE_INTEL
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Intel MCE features"
@@ -1072,7 +1080,7 @@ config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
 	def_bool y
 
 config X86_MCE_INJECT
-	depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
+	depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_MCELOG_LEGACY
 	tristate "Machine check injector support"
 	---help---
 	  Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.

arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ enum mce_notifier_prios {
 	MCE_PRIO_EXTLOG		= INT_MAX - 2,
 	MCE_PRIO_NFIT		= INT_MAX - 3,
 	MCE_PRIO_EDAC		= INT_MAX - 4,
+	MCE_PRIO_MCELOG		= 1,
 	MCE_PRIO_LOWEST		= 0,
 };
 

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/Makefile

@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE_INJECT)	+= mce-inject.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_THERMAL_VECTOR) += therm_throt.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI)		+= mce-apei.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCELOG_LEGACY)	+= dev-mcelog.o