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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] mce: Add a msg string to the MCE tracepoint
Em 29-02-2012 10:45, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:52:33AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>
> [snip a bunch of crap I'm tired of correcting again, for the 100th time]
>
>> What I'm saying is that, we should, at least, add 4 fields there, instead of one:
>>
>> - severity
>> - location
>
> I've already explained to you why this format doesn't fit the MCE
> tracepoint - go and read my replies to you again.

No, you didn't. Every time i touch on this point, you just say that it doesn't
fit without giving any explanation why not.

The severity is there, even on your patches, but encoded as string:

+#define PR_EMERG BIT(0)
+#define PR_WARNING BIT(1)

There are, actually, 3 variants, on Intel MCA:

- corrected error;
- uncorrected error (bit 61 of status);
- uncorrected, recoverable error (bit 61 + bit 56 of status).

The location is also there encoded at the MCA. It is specific to the type
of the error, but all errors happen somewhere: a CPU, a BUS, a memory, ...


>> - silkscreen_label
>
> ditto.

ditto: all errors happen somewhere. The silkscreen label is the first
replaceable unit to be replaced by the user, in order to get rid of the
error.

>
>> - error_msg
>
> [ snip more bullshit ]
>

Running away from this discussion won't help at all.

Regards,
Mauro


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