linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] MCE: fix an error of mce_bad

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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:12:37 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>, WuJianguo <wujianguo@...wei.com>,
	Liujiang <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	Simon Jeons <simon.jeons@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] MCE: fix an error of mce_bad_pages statistics

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 08:42:39PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> Futhermore, Andrew didn't like a variable called "mce_bad_pages".
>
> - Why do we have a variable called "mce_bad_pages"? MCE is an x86
> concept, and this code is in mm/. Lights are flashing, bells are
> ringing and a loudspeaker is blaring "layering violation" at us!

Yes, this should simply be called num_poisoned_pages because this is
what this thing counts.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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