linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI AER: Handle non-AER HEST error sources in aer_hest

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Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:12:14 -0700
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Betty Dall <betty.dall@...com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI AER: Handle non-AER HEST error sources in aer_hest_parse()

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Betty Dall <betty.dall@...com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 16:06 -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>
>> I should have thought longer before hitting send.  I think it's worthwhile
>> to use the same helper in aer_hest_parse_aff(), and once I did that, it
>> became more obvious that aer_hest_parse() and aer_hest_parse_aff() are
>> essentially similar, so I wonder if it's worth consolidating them, as
>> below.  It doesn't reduce the number of lines of code, but maybe it's
>> simpler for the reader?
>
>
> Hi Bjorn,
>
> That is a nice cleanup. I tested it on my firmware first system.
>
> Also, I double checked back through the ACPI spec, and there are
> FIRMWARE_FIRST flags in the IA-32 Architecture Machine Check Exception
> and IA-32 Architecture Corrected Machine Check error sources too. These
> functions we are changing are specifically looking just for the AER
> error sources. That is correct because AER firmware first is separate
> from MCE/CMC firmware first. So, this patch looks good.

Thanks, I added your "Reviewed-by".

Bjorn
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