/etc/mcelog.conf is the main configuration file for mcelog(8). This is configuration file separated into sections including a default section.
General format
optionname = value
White space is not allowed in value currently, except at the end where it is dropped
In general all command line options that are not commands work here. See man mcelog or mcelog --help for a list. e.g. to enable the --no-syslog option use
no-syslog = yes (or no to disable)
When the option has a argument
logfile = /tmp/logfile
Below are the options which are not command line options.
Set cpu type for which mcelog decodes events:
cpu = type
For valid values for type please see mcelog --help. If this value is set incorrectly the decoded output will be likely incorrect. By default when this parameter is not set mcelog uses the CPU it is running on on very new kernels the mcelog events reported by the kernel also carry the CPU type which is used too when available and not overridden.
Enable daemon mode:
daemon = yes
By default mcelog just processes the currently pending events and exits. In daemon mode it will keep running as a daemon in the background and poll the kernel for events and then decode them.
Filter out known broken events by default.
filter = yes
Don't log memory errors individually. They still get accounted if that is enabled.
filter-memory-errors = yes
Output in undecoded raw format to be easier machine readable (default is decoded).
raw = yes
Set cpu mhz to decode uptime from time stamp counter (output unreliable, not needed on new kernels which report the event time directly. A lot of systems don't have a linear time stamp clock and the output is wrong then. Normally mcelog tries to figure out if it the TSC is reliable and only uses the current frequency then. Setting a frequency forces timestamp decoding. This setting is obsolete with modern kernels which report the time directly.
cpumhz = 1800.00
Log output options
Log decoded machine checks in syslog (default stdout or syslog for daemon)
syslog = yes
Log decoded machine checks in syslog with error level
syslog-error = yes
Never log anything to syslog
no-syslog = yes
Append log output to logfile instead of stdout. only when no syslog logging is active
logfile = filename
Use smbios information to decode dimms (needs root). This function is not recommended to use right now and generally not needed. The exception is memdb prepopulation, which is configured separately below.
dmi = no
When in daemon mode run as this user after set up. Note that the triggers will run as this user too. Setting this to non root will mean that triggers cannot take some corrective action, like offlining objects.
run-credentials-user = root
Group to run as daemon with default to the group of the run-credentials-user
run-credentials-group = nobody
client-user = root
Group allowed to access mcelog When no group is configured any group matches (but still user checking). when set to * match any
client-group = root
Path to the unix socket for client<->server communication. When no socket-path is configured the server will not start
socket-path = /var/run/mcelog-client
When mcelog starts it checks if a server is already running. this configures the timeout for this check.
initial-ping-timeout = 2
dimm-tracking-enabled = yes
Use dmi information from the bios to prepopulate dimm database. Note this might not work with all BIOS and requires mcelog to run as root. Alternative is to let mcelog create DIMM objects on demand.
dmi-prepopulate = yes
Execute these triggers when the rate of corrected or uncorrected Errors per DIMM exceeds the threshold. Note when the hardware does not report DIMMs this might also be per channel. The default of 10/24h is reasonable for server quality DDR3 DIMMs as of 2009/10.
uc-error-trigger = dimm-error-trigger
uc-error-threshold = 1 / 24h
ce-error-trigger = dimm-error-trigger
ce-error-threshold = 10 / 24h
socket-tracking-enabled = yes
Threshold and trigger for uncorrected memory errors on a socket. mem-uc-error-trigger = socket-memory-error-trigger
mem-uc-error-threshold = 100 / 24h
Trigger script for corrected memory errors on a socket.
mem-ce-error-trigger = socket-memory-error-trigger
Threshold on when to trigger a correct error for the socket.
mem-ce-error-threshold = 100 / 24h
log socket error threshold explicitly?
mem-ce-error-log = yes
Trigger script for uncorrected bus error events
bus-uc-threshold-trigger = bus-error-trigger
Trigger script for uncorrected iomca erors
iomca-threshold-trigger = iomca-error-trigger
Trigger script for other uncategorized errors
unknown-threshold-trigger = unknown-error-trigger
cache-threshold-trigger = cache-error-trigger
Should cache threshold events be logged explicitly?
cache-threshold-log = yes
memory-ce-threshold = 10 / 24h
Trigger script for corrected errors. memory-ce-trigger = page-error-trigger
Should page threshold events be logged explicitly?
memory-ce-log = yes
Specify the internal action in mcelog to exceeding a page error threshold
this is done in addition to executing the trigger script if available
off no action
account only account errors
soft try to soft-offline page without killing any processes
This requires an uptodate kernel. Might not be successfull.
hard try to hard-offline page by killing processes
Requires an uptodate kernel. Might not be successfull.
soft-then-hard First try to soft offline, then try hard offlining
memory-ce-action = off|account|soft|hard|soft-then-hard
memory-ce-action = soft
Trigger script before doing soft memory offline this trigger will scan and run all the scipts in the page-error-pre-soft-trigger.extern
memory-pre-sync-soft-ce-trigger = page-error-pre-sync-soft-trigger
Trigger script after completing soft memory offline this trigger will scan and run all the scipts in the page-error-post-soft-trigger.extern
memory-post-sync-soft-ce-trigger = page-error-post-sync-soft-trigger
children-max = 2
Execute triggers in this directory
directory = /etc/mcelog