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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:36:25 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> To: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org> Cc: suravee.suthikulpanit@....com, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, ddutile@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] iommu/amd: IOMMU Error Reporting/Handling/Filtering On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 06:24:55PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote: > I would rather not create another user-space interface for this which > we then have to keep forever because someone started using it. What > we need is a well defined mechanism to report these kernel metrics to > userspace which can then do with it whatever it wants. I think EDAC > can provide that interface. What exactly do you think it should provide? A fast way to carry error info to userspace (tracepoint) or some sort of error collection and evaluation (need to do it yourself anyway - there's no such thing in EDAC). IOW, what specific functionality in EDAC are you actually thinking of? -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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