linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH EDAC 3/6] edac: put all arguments for the raw error handling call into a struct

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:20:36 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Edac Mailing List <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH EDAC 3/6] edac: put all arguments for the raw error
 handling call into a struct

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 08:12:49AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> The number of arguments for edac_raw_mc_handle_error() is too big;
> put them into a structure and allocate space for it inside
> edac_mc_alloc().
> 
> That reduces a lot the stack usage and simplifies the raw API call.
> 
> Tested with sb_edac driver and MCE error injection. Worked as expected:
> 
> [  143.066100] EDAC MC0: 1 CE memory read error on CPU_SrcID#0_Channel#0_DIMM#0 (channel:0 slot:0 page:0x320 offset:0x0 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 -  area:DRAM err_code:0001:0090 socket:0 channel_mask:1 rank:0)
> [  143.086424] EDAC MC0: 1 CE memory read error on CPU_SrcID#0_Channel#0_DIMM#0 (channel:0 slot:0 page:0x320 offset:0x0 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 -  area:DRAM err_code:0001:0090 socket:0 channel_mask:1 rank:0)
> [  143.106570] EDAC MC0: 1 CE memory read error on CPU_SrcID#0_Channel#0_DIMM#0 (channel:0 slot:0 page:0x320 offset:0x0 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 -  area:DRAM err_code:0001:0090 socket:0 channel_mask:1 rank:0)
> [  143.126712] EDAC MC0: 1 CE memory read error on CPU_SrcID#0_Channel#0_DIMM#0 (channel:0 slot:0 page:0x320 offset:0x0 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 -  area:DRAM err_code:0001:0090 socket:0 channel_mask:1 rank:0)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>

Looks ok.

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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