linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] acpi: apei: Split GHES handlers outside of ghes_do

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:52:01 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
        tbaicar@...eaurora.org, will.deacon@....com, james.morse@....com,
        shiju.jose@...wei.com, zjzhang@...eaurora.org,
        gengdongjiu@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alex_gagniuc@...lteam.com, austin_bolen@...l.com,
        shyam_iyer@...l.com, devel@...ica.org, mchehab@...nel.org,
        robert.moore@...el.com, erik.schmauss@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] acpi: apei: Split GHES handlers outside of
 ghes_do_proc

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 04:59:01PM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
>  static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
>  			 const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
>  {
>  	int sev, sec_sev;
>  	struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata;
> +	const struct ghes_handler *handler;
>  	guid_t *sec_type;
>  	guid_t *fru_id = &NULL_UUID_LE;
>  	char *fru_text = "";
> @@ -478,21 +537,10 @@ static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
>  		if (gdata->validation_bits & CPER_SEC_VALID_FRU_TEXT)
>  			fru_text = gdata->fru_text;
>  
> -		if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PLATFORM_MEM)) {
> -			struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem_err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
> -
> -			ghes_edac_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
> -
> -			arch_apei_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
> -			ghes_handle_memory_failure(gdata, sev);
> -		}
> -		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PCIE)) {
> -			ghes_handle_aer(gdata);
> -		}
> -		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PROC_ARM)) {
> -			struct cper_sec_proc_arm *err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
>  
> -			log_arm_hw_error(err);
> +		handler = get_handler(sec_type);

I don't like this - it was better and more readable before because I can
follow which handler gets called. This change makes is less readable.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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