linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] RAS: Correctable Errors Collector thing

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Date:	Wed, 28 May 2014 19:23:47 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Max Asbock <masbock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Chen Yucong <slaoub@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] RAS: Correctable Errors Collector thing

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 09:53:35AM -0700, Max Asbock wrote:
> A possible alternative would be to soft-offline the page. This is
> currently done in APEI code when corrected memory error thresholds are
> exceeded and reported by UEFI via a generic hardware error source
> (GHES). 
> The example is in ghes_handle_memory_failure() where we call
> memory_failure_queue(pfn, 0, flags) with flags = MF_SOFT_OFFLINE

Ok, we can try that - it certainly makes sense. We're designing the
plumbing of this thing as we go so fitting it correctly into the whole
reporting/error handling chain is still open. It is RFC anyway so...

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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