Em Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:03:18 -0700
Lance Ortiz <lance.ortiz@xxxxxx> escreveu:
Hmm... I did a reply to v6 of this patch, but i pressed the wrong button
and it went only to Joe. Excuse-me for that. Let me resend the
comments to everybody:
On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 16:33 -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:39:23 -0800
> Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>
> > On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 10:04 -0700, Lance Ortiz wrote:
> > > These changes make cper_print_aer more consistent with aer_print_error
> > > which is called in the AER interrupt case. The string in the variable
> > > 'prefix' is printed at the beginning of each print statement in
> > > cper_print_aer(). The prefix is a string containing the driver name
> > > and the device's slot location. From the callers the value of prefix
> > > is never assigned and is NULL, so when cper_print_aer prints data the
> > > initial string does not get printed. This string is important because
> > > it identifies the device that the error is on.
> >
> > Hi again Lance.
> >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_errprint.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_errprint.c
> > []
> > > @@ -228,9 +228,14 @@ void cper_print_aer(struct pci_dev *dev, int cper_severity,
> > > int aer_severity, layer, agent, status_strs_size, tlp_header_valid = 0;
> > > u32 status, mask;
> > > const char **status_strs;
> > > - char *prefix = NULL;
> > > + char prefix[44];
> > >
> > > aer_severity = cper_severity_to_aer(cper_severity);
> > > + snprintf(prefix, sizeof(prefix), "%s%s %s: ",
> > > + (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) ?
> > > + KERN_WARNING : KERN_ERR,
> > > + dev_driver_string(&dev->dev), dev_name(&dev->dev));
> > > +
> > > if (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) {
> > > status = aer->cor_status;
> > > mask = aer->cor_mask;
> >
> > Perhaps this would be better just using dev_printk
> > instead of snprintf into a prefix with printk to
> > emulate dev_printk.
> >
> > Also, perhaps KERN_NOTICE is preferable to KERN_WARNING
> > in the CORRECTABLE case.
>
> Hmm... IMHO, it should be KERN_ERR, even for a correctable one ;)
>
> This is an error and probably means some hardware problem or a bad
> contact. In any case, a preventive action is likely required.
>
> >
> > Maybe something like:
> >
> > const char *level = KERN_ERR;
> > if (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
> > level = KERN_NOTICE;
> >
> > ...
> >
> > dev_printk(level, &dev->dev, etc...);
> >
> > Maybe do this after this series of patches is accepted.
> > Enough with the revisions for awhile...
> >
>
>
Regards,
Mauro
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