On 2011-10-03 13:02 +0530, K.Prasad wrote: > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > index 08363b0..483b2fc 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > @@ -238,6 +238,34 @@ static atomic_t mce_paniced; > static int fake_panic; > static atomic_t mce_fake_paniced; > > +void arch_add_nocoredump_note(u32 *buf) > +{ > + struct elf_note note; > + const char note_name[] = "PANIC_MCE"; static const ... > + const char desc_msg[] = "Crash induced due to a fatal machine " > + "check error"; likewise.

Please don't break string literals onto multiple lines like this, since it prevents users from finding the string using "grep".