linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mce: acpi/apei: trace: Enable ghes memory error trace event

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Message-ID: <20130815094302.GB27616@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:43:02 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
Cc:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	tony.luck@...el.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	rjw@...k.pl, lance.ortiz@...com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mce: acpi/apei: trace: Enable ghes memory error
 trace event

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 09:00:35PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> I agree: per-type of error events is better than a big generic one.

There are many types of hardware errors and having a single TP for each
is not a good design. Especially if the error formats are comparable
to a high degree. We probably would end up with a nice sensible
classification of having only a handful of TPs covering *all* hardware
events.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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