linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Improve mcheck_init

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Message-ID: <20140506062710.GB25208@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 08:27:10 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	Mathieu Souchaud <mattieu.souchaud@...e.fr>,
	"bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Improve mcheck_init_device() error handling


* Luck, Tony <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:

> +err_device_create:
> +	/*
> +	 * mce_device_remove behave properly if mce_device_create was not
> +	 * called on that device.
> +	 */
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
> +		mce_device_remove(i);
> 
> grammar comment "s/behave/behaves/"
> 
> Though perhaps this is better:
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * We didn't keep track of which devices were created above, but
> 	 * even if we had, the set of online cpus might have changed.
> 	 * Play safe and remove for every possible cpu since mce_device_remove()
> 	 * will do the right thing.
> 	 */

and I guess:

s/cpu since/cpu, since/

?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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