"Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled" in /var/log/messages
Issue
- Logging false thermal events via MCE
- Following logs are observed in
/var/log/messages
file:
mcelog[763]: CPU 0 THERMAL EVENT TSC 1a84118602a1e
mcelog[763]: TIME 1495997461 Sun May 28 20:51:01 2017
mcelog[763]: Processor 0 heated above trip temperature. Throttling enabled.
mcelog[763]: Please check your system cooling. Performance will be impacted
mcelog[763]: STATUS 8803000b MCGSTATUS 0
mcelog[763]: MCGCAP c07 APICID 0 SOCKETID 0
mcelog[763]: CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Architectures: 64-bit Intel EM64T/AMD64
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