Add a description of the HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type that wasn't included
with commit d12a969ebbfc ("EDAC, amd64: Add Deferred Error type").
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/edac.h | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index cb56dcb..43cd51d 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ enum dev_type {
* fatal (maybe it is on an unused memory area,
* or the memory controller could recover from
* it for example, by re-trying the operation).
+ * @HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED: Deferred Error - Indicates an uncorrectable
+ * error whose handling is not urgent. This could
+ * be due to hardware data poisoning where the
+ * system can continue operation until the poisoned
+ * data is consumed. Preemptive measures may also
+ * be taken, e.g. offlining pages, etc.
* @HW_EVENT_ERR_FATAL: Fatal Error - Uncorrected error that could not
* be recovered.
*/
--
2.7.4
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