Triggering Machine Check Exceptions on x86

I would like to trigger a Machine Check Exception soley by a'software mechanism' on my x86 box. The idea is to test mymachine check exception handler thoroughly. I want a reliableway which will generate this exception every time when I runthe software code snippet.


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