Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] acpi: apei: remove the unused dead-code for SEA notification type

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On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 08:41:37PM +0800, Dongjiu Geng wrote:
> In current code logic, the two functions ghes_sea_add() and
> ghes_sea_remove() are only called when CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_SEA
> is defined. If not, it will return errors in the ghes_probe()
> and not continue. If the probe is failed, the ghes_sea_remove()
> also has no chance to be called. Hence, remove the unnecessary
> handling when CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_SEA is not defined.
> 
> In the firmware-first RAS solution, the IPA fault address recorded
> by hpfar_el2 may be UNKNOWN, and also current code does not use it,
> so remove it.

...

> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> index d661d45..c15a08d 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> @@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ static struct notifier_block ghes_notifier_hed = {
>  	.notifier_call = ghes_notify_hed,
>  };
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_SEA
>  static LIST_HEAD(ghes_sea);

But now those get compiled in on x86 where there's no SEA and where we
don't need them. So no, I don't think this patch is correct.

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    Boris.

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