linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ia64: Call migration code on correctable errors v6

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Message-ID: <20080625222553.GA29402@sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:53 -0500
From:	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ia64: Call migration code on correctable errors v6

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:25:40PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Hi
> 
> > +static ssize_t
> > +badpage_show(struct kobject *kobj,
> > +	     struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> > +
> > +{
> > +	struct page *page, *page2;
> > +	int i = 0, cnt = 0;
> > +	char *bufend = buf + PAGE_SIZE;
> > +
> > +	cnt = snprintf(buf, bufend - (buf + cnt),
> > +			"Bad RAM: %d kB, %d pages marked bad\n"
> > +			"List of bad physical pages\n",
> > +			total_badpages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10), total_badpages);
> > +
> > +	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, &badpagelist, lru) {
> > +		if (bufend - (buf + cnt) < 20)
> > +			break;		/* Avoid overflowing the buffer */
> > +		cnt += snprintf(buf + cnt, bufend - (buf + cnt),
> > +				" 0x%011lx", page_to_phys(page));
> > +		if (!(++i % 5))
> > +			cnt += snprintf(buf + cnt, bufend - (buf + cnt), "\n");
> > +	}
> > +	cnt += snprintf(buf + cnt, bufend - (buf + cnt), "\n");
> > +
> > +	return cnt;
> > +}
> 
> it seems /proc/meminfo is better.
> because badpage is architecture independent concept.
> 
> nonsense?

The original patch used /proc/ (/proc/meminfo had badpage summary info
and /proc/badram had detailed info.  It was suggested that /sys was
a better place.

FWIW, I'm more than happy to put it anywhere deemed "best" by
the community.  It is currently /sys/kernel/badram.

Thanks,
-- 
Russ Anderson, OS RAS/Partitioning Project Lead  
SGI - Silicon Graphics Inc          rja@....com
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