linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] apei, mce: Factor out APEI architecture specific MCE calls.

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Message-ID: <20140613135402.GD27560@rric.localhost>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:54:02 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
To:	Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
Cc:	rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	bp@...en8.de, m.chehab@...sung.com, bp@...e.de,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] apei, mce: Factor out APEI architecture specific
 MCE calls.

On 13.06.14 13:02:56, Tomasz Nowicki wrote:
> This commit abstracts MCE calls and provides weak corresponding default
> implementation for those architectures which do not need arch specific
> actions. Each platform willing to do additional architectural actions
> should provides desired function definition. It allows us to avoid wrap
> code into #ifdef in generic code and prevent new platform from introducing
> dummy stub function too.
> 
> Initially, there are two APEI arch-specific calls:
> - apei_arch_enable_cmcff()
> - apei_arch_report_mem_error()
> Both interact with MCE driver for X86 architecture.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/Makefile |    1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/apei.c   |   56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c |   13 ++++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c      |    6 ++---
>  drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c      |   29 +--------------------
>  include/acpi/apei.h           |    3 +++
>  6 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/acpi/apei.c

Looks fine to me.

-Robert
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