linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v3 03/11] driver/edac/mpc85xx_edac: Drop setting/clearing RFXE bit in HID1

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2016 08:56:00 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	york sun <york.sun@....com>
Cc:	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"morbidrsa@...il.com" <morbidrsa@...il.com>,
	"oss@...error.net" <oss@...error.net>,
	Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>,
	Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	"mchehab@...nel.org" <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch v3 03/11] driver/edac/mpc85xx_edac: Drop setting/clearing
 RFXE bit in HID1

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 05:06:39AM +0000, york sun wrote:
> It is uncorrectable. DDR controller can only report the error. I don't 
> believe EDAC driver can do more. For the same reason I said we can leave 
> RXFE as is, even for e500v1 case (with RIO or PCI is enabled). Nothing 
> can be done with uncorrectable error.

Of course it can: it can panic the machine so that it doesn't corrupt
data on secondary storage. You might consider whether this is a better
course of action instead of only reporting the error.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
--