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mce-inject allows to inject machine check errors on the 
software level into a running Linux kernel. This is intended for
validation of the kernel machine check handler.

Syntax:

mce-inject input-file ..

See the manpage for the input language

Some simple tests are in test/*.

Warning: some of them will panic the machine (this is intended)

Requires a Linux 2.6.31+ kernel with CONFIG_X86_MCE_INJECT 
enabled and the mce-inject module loaded (if not built in)

The official git tree for this project is on
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-inject.git

A more comprehensive test suite testing much more machine check features
using this program is available in mce-test
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-test.git

Authors:

Andi Kleen
Ying Huang

Copyright 2008 by Intel Corporation
   mce-inject is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
   2.

   mce-inject is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   General Public License for more details.

   You should find a copy of v2 of the GNU General Public License somewhere
   on your Linux system; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA