On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 02:24:53PM -0600, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> 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.
> */
> --
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Mauro, are you taking this through your tree or should I?
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
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