Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC: Document HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type

From: Borislav Petkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 21:27:42 +0100

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 <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  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 <[email-masked]>

Mauro, are you taking this through your tree or should I?

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