linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] mce: acpi/apei: Add a boot option to disable ff mode for corrected errors

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Message-ID: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F2DA8993C@ORSMSX106.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:11:27 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"ananth@...ibm.com" <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	"masbock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <masbock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"lcm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <lcm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] mce: acpi/apei: Add a boot option to disable ff
 mode for corrected errors

> - Two, the Generic Error Data Entry (aka UEFI Section Descriptor) has a 
> flag which indicates 'Error Threshold Exceeded'. From the UEFI spec, it 
> looks like we could consider this as an indication to offline the page; 
> though I am not sure if/how this relates to the threshold value above.

This one sounds to make sense ... the flag description sounds exactly what
we want - I won't feel embarrassed explaining to people why Linux takes
action when it sees a record like this.

-Tony