KernelTrap: Memory Error Handling

“Russ Anderson posted a Request For Comment document on the lkml
discussing the development of a common infrastructure for the Linux
kernel for dealing with memory errors. He explained that the effort
began with work on the ia64 architecture, ‘there has been
considerable work on recovering from Machine Check Aborts (MCAs) in
arch/ia64. One result is that many memory errors encountered by
user applications no longer cause a kernel panic. The application
is terminated, but linux and other applications keep running.
Additional improvements are becoming dependent on mainline linux
support…'”

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