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SubjectRe: [RFC 3/6] x86, NMI, Rename memory parity error to PCI SERR error
On 16.09.10 20:08:25, Huang Ying wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 16:18 +0800, Robert Richter wrote:
> > On 12.09.10 22:02:06, Huang Ying wrote:
> > > > Haven't you introduced *_MEMPAR with patch 1/6?
> > >
> > > Yes. And I suggest to rename it to *_SERR in this patch to reflect the
> > > contemporary hardware better. I think they are two steps: naming the
> > > magic number and changing the name of constant and function.
> >
> > Hmm, I would rather avoid introducing a name and then immediatly
> > renaming it again.
>
> I split them into two patches because there is function named as
> mem_parity_error already. The 1/6 names constants as *_MEMPAR to make it
> consistent with mem_parity_error(). 3/6 rename both the constants,
> function name and some string/comments to serr. Do you think this is
> more clean?

If I am not wrong the only real functional change is to rip out the
edac handler. So, just introduce the final names with your renaming in
patch #1 (and maybe make a comment in the commit message or change
patch order).

-Robert

>
> Best Regards,
> Huang Ying
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