> So when I change the above code snippet to:
quoted text
> 
> +	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MCE)) {
> +		printk(KERN_INFO "CPU%i: No machine check support available\n",
> +			smp_processor_id());
> +		return;
> 
> Would this make the whole patch acceptable then?

I think the fundamental direction is wrong. "Do you have a machine check
like facility" is a CPU specific question that belongs in the CPU
specific code.

If some of that CPU specific code is wrong, fix it there.

Alan
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