From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: X86-ML <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
Aravind Gopalakrishnan <Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@amd.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux EDAC <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/4] RAS: Add a menuconfig option with descriptive text
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:40:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1437554428-24788-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1437554428-24788-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Text taken a previous patch from "Gong Chen" <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Gong Chen <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>
---
drivers/ras/Kconfig | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ras/Kconfig b/drivers/ras/Kconfig
index f9da613052c2..d6ddf1267a7f 100644
--- a/drivers/ras/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ras/Kconfig
@@ -1,2 +1,32 @@
-config RAS
- bool
+menuconfig RAS
+ bool "Reliability, Availability, Serviceability features"
+ help
+ Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) is a computer
+ hardware engineering term. Computers designed with higher levels
+ of RAS have a multitude of features that protect data integrity
+ and help them stay available for long periods of time without
+ failure.
+
+ Reliability can be defined as the probability that the system will
+ produce correct outputs up to some given time. Reliability is
+ enhanced by features that help to avoid, detect and repair hardware
+ faults.
+
+ Availability is the probability a system is operational at a given
+ time, i.e. the amount of time a device is actually operating as the
+ percentage of total time it should be operating.
+
+ Serviceability or maintainability is the simplicity and speed with
+ which a system can be repaired or maintained; if the time to repair
+ a failed system increases, then availability will decrease.
+
+ Note that Reliability and Availability are distinct concepts:
+ Reliability is a measure of the ability of a system to function
+ correctly, including avoiding data corruption, whereas Availability
+ measures how often it is available for use, even though it may not
+ be functioning correctly. For example, a server may run forever and
+ so have ideal availability, but may be unreliable, with frequent
+ data corruption.
+
+if RAS
+endif
--
2.5.0.rc2.28.g6003e7f
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-22 8:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-22 8:40 [RFC PATCH 0/4] x86/ras: Move AMD MCE injection module to arch/x86/ Borislav Petkov
2015-07-22 8:40 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2015-07-22 8:40 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] x86/mce: Rename rcu_dereference_check_mce() to mce_log_get_idx_check() Borislav Petkov
2015-07-23 15:58 ` Paul E. McKenney
2015-07-22 8:40 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/mce: Add a wrapper around mce_log() for injection Borislav Petkov
2015-07-22 8:40 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] x86/ras: Move AMD MCE injector to arch/x86/ras/ Borislav Petkov
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