linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 0/6] Add a per-dimm structure

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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:03:47 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
CC:	"Mark A. Grondona" <mgrondona@...l.gov>,
	Linux Edac Mailing List <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/6] Add a per-dimm structure

> Err, the fact that you have UE counters doesn't have anything to do with
> the request that you want to panic on an UE. Especially if conservative
> systems would panic on the first UE anyway without asking software.

We have some UE events for which even a conservative system might
think it reasonable to defer the panic (e.g. patrol scrub on a "free" page).

-Tony
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