linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHV3 3/3] x86, ras: Add mcsafe_memcpy() function to recover from machine checks

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Date:	Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:37:13 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Elliott@...tnic,
	Robert <elliott@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHV3 3/3] x86, ras: Add mcsafe_memcpy() function to recover
 from machine checks

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:46:20PM -0800, Tony Luck wrote:
> > I know, memcpy returns the ptr to @dest like a parrot
> 
> Maybe I need to change the name to remove the
> "memcpy" substring to avoid this confusion. How
> about "mcsafe_copy()"? Perhaps with a "__" prefix
> to point out it is a building block that will get various
> wrappers around it??
> 
> Dan wants a copy_from_nvdimm() that either completes
> the copy, or indicates where a machine check occurred.
> 
> I'm going to want a copy_from_user() that has two fault
> options (user gave a bad address -> -EFAULT, or the
> source address had an uncorrected error -> SIGBUS).

Sounds like standard kernel design to me. :)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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