Hi naoya,Oscar,david: > > > We could use some negative value (error code) to report the reported case, > > then as you mentioned above, some callers need change to handle the > > new case, and the same is true if you use some positive value. > > My preference is -EHWPOISON, but other options are fine if justified well. > > -EHWPOISON seems like a good fit. > I am OK with the -EHWPOISON error code, But I have one doubt here: When we return this -EHWPOISON error code, Does this means we have to add a new error code to error-base.h or errno.h? Is this easy realized? Thanks! Aili Yao