linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] AMD64_EDAC: simple fix to allow better report on ECE CE errors

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Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:10:43 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Keith Mannthey <kmannth@...ibm.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dougthompson@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] AMD64_EDAC:  simple fix to allow better report on ECE
 CE errors

Hi Keith,

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 07:09:39PM -0700, Keith Mannthey wrote:
> I tested 2.6.31 and the mainline amd64_edac driver. This is was the
> first simple fix.  
> 
> This allows the errors to be further decoded and mapped to csrows. 
> Tested with ECC debug dimms and an Rev F cpu based system. 
> 
> Submitted-by:  Keith Mannthey<kmannth@...ibm.com>

Thanks, applied. By the way, the tagging is not 'Submitted-by' but
'Signed-off-by' - I've corrected it accordingly. Please consult
<Documentation/SubmittingPatches> for more details on how to prepare
your patches.

> --- 
> 
> diff -urN linux-2.6.31/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c linux-2.6.31-fixed/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c

Add the -p option when creating the diffs so that it is visible which
function you're editing.

> --- linux-2.6.31/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c	2009-09-09 15:13:59.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.31-fixed/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c	2009-09-17 22:32:09.000000000 -0700
> @@ -1136,7 +1138,7 @@
>  	 * different from the node that detected the error.
>  	 */
>  	src_mci = find_mc_by_sys_addr(mci, SystemAddress);
> -	if (src_mci) {
> +	if (!src_mci) {
>  		amd64_mc_printk(mci, KERN_ERR,
>  			     "failed to map error address 0x%lx to a node\n",
>  			     (unsigned long)SystemAddress);
> 
> 
> 

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Boris.

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