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From: jcm@redhat•com (Jon Masters)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 1/5] arm64: Enable EDAC on ARM64
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:46:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5540EEDB.9010002@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150429144031.GB18867@e104818-lin.cambridge.arm.com>

On 04/29/2015 10:40 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 04:10:41PM -0600, Loc Ho wrote:

>> +/*
>> + * ECC atomic, DMA, SMP and interrupt safe scrub function.
>> + * Implements the per arch atomic_scrub() that EDAC use for software
>> + * ECC scrubbing.  It reads memory and then writes back the original
>> + * value, allowing the hardware to detect and correct memory errors.
>> + */
> 
> The comment here is misleading since the function doesn't do anything.

Well, on the other hand, it is "safe" (joke) ;)

Suggest a documented few line summary of the status from earlier this
year/last year be there instead. Essentially atomic scrubbing is only
safe when you're dealing with a fully coherent system. We captured
various examples of things that could go wrong in the thread link.

> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-March/326986.html

Thanks Loc and team.

Jon.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-29 14:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-28 22:10 [PATCH v7 0/4] edac: Add APM X-Gene SoC EDAC driver Loc Ho
2015-04-28 22:10 ` [PATCH v7 1/5] arm64: Enable EDAC on ARM64 Loc Ho
2015-04-28 22:10   ` [PATCH v7 2/5] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for APM X-Gene SoC EDAC driver Loc Ho
2015-04-28 22:10     ` [PATCH v7 3/5] Documentation: Add documentation for the APM X-Gene SoC EDAC DTS binding Loc Ho
2015-04-28 22:10       ` [PATCH v7 4/5] edac: Add APM X-Gene SoC EDAC driver Loc Ho
2015-04-28 22:10         ` [PATCH 5/5] arm64: Add APM X-Gene SoC EDAC DTS entries Loc Ho
2015-04-29  8:49         ` [PATCH v7 4/5] edac: Add APM X-Gene SoC EDAC driver Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-29 16:57           ` Rob Herring
2015-04-29 18:23             ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-29 17:00         ` Rob Herring
2015-04-29 16:47       ` [PATCH v7 3/5] Documentation: Add documentation for the APM X-Gene SoC EDAC DTS binding Rob Herring
2015-04-29 21:33         ` Loc Ho
2015-04-29 21:49           ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-29 21:56             ` Loc Ho
2015-04-29 22:08               ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-29 22:20                 ` Loc Ho
2015-04-29 23:02                 ` Rob Herring
2015-04-30  8:20                   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30  8:31                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-30  8:45                       ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30  9:01                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-30  9:41                           ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30 10:21                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-30 12:33                               ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30 12:52                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-30 10:42                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-30 13:00                               ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30 16:57                                 ` Loc Ho
2015-04-30 17:18                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30 21:19                                     ` Loc Ho
2015-04-30 21:30                                       ` Borislav Petkov
2015-04-30 21:39                                         ` Loc Ho
2015-04-30 22:36                                       ` Rob Herring
2015-04-30 22:47                                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-05-01  6:44                                           ` Loc Ho
2015-04-30 22:59                                         ` Loc Ho
2015-05-01 19:59                                         ` Loc Ho
2015-05-04 22:36                                           ` Rob Herring
2015-05-04 23:39                                             ` Loc Ho
2015-04-29 22:43               ` Rob Herring
2015-04-30  0:47                 ` Loc Ho
2015-04-29 14:40   ` [PATCH v7 1/5] arm64: Enable EDAC on ARM64 Catalin Marinas
2015-04-29 14:46     ` Jon Masters [this message]
2015-04-29 21:39     ` Loc Ho

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