linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] acpi: apei: fix the wrong iteration of generic error status block

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:43:49 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@...wei.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     will.deacon@....com, zjzhang@...eaurora.org,
        catalin.marinas@....com, tbaicar@...eaurora.org,
        james.morse@....com, geliangtang@...il.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        austinwc@...eaurora.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, john.garry@...wei.com, shiju.jose@...wei.com,
        zhengqiang10@...wei.com, wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com,
        huangshaoyu@...wei.com, wuquanming@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] acpi: apei: fix the wrong iteration of generic error
 status block

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 08:07:18PM +0800, Dongjiu Geng wrote:
> The revision 0x300 generic error data entry is different
> from the old version, but currently iterating through the
> GHES estatus blocks does not take into account this difference.
> This will lead to failure to get the right data entry if GHES
> has revision 0x300 error data entry.
> 
> Update the GHES estatus iteration to properly increment using
> iteration macro,

This is not what I meant - I meant:

"Update the GHES estatus iteration macro to properly increment using
acpi_hest_get_next(), and ..."

But you don't need to send another version.

Rafael, please correct that when applying, instead.

Thanks.

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    Boris.

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