From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC: Document HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 21:27:42 +0100 Message-ID: <20161201202741.gb3lkeohdo26fofu@pd.tnic> References: <20161201195753.rrxgwvltptq4gegp@yaz-fedora.dyhomenet> <1480623893-76399-1-git-send-email-Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:44512 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753068AbcLAU1p (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:27:45 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1480623893-76399-1-git-send-email-Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Yazen Ghannam Cc: linux-next@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab 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 > Cc: Borislav Petkov > Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam > --- > 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 Mauro, are you taking this through your tree or should I? -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) --