Em Thu, 1 Dec 2016 21:27:42 +0100
Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> escreveu:
> 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").
Thanks for the patch!
> >
> > 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.
I'm wandering if DEFERRED is the best name here... Maybe it could be
called, instead HW_EVENT_ERR_NON_URGENT or something like that.
Anyway, the description itself looks good.
> > * @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?
Boris, yeah, I can take care on it. I'll send my pull request
after yours, to avoid any issues.
--
Thanks,
Mauro
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