linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] acpi, nfit: nvdimm notification support + tests

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0j3+DHgU1A_0w-yCDyEzO2OneC=8UgexrnjGYOOqyW13A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:50:55 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] acpi, nfit: nvdimm notification support + tests

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:54 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> ACPI 6.1 added an "NFIT Health Event Notification" for nvdimm devices.
> When this fires, system software is expected to issue a DSM to retrieve
> the latest health values.  For the NFIT driver this notification
> arrives as an event on the sysfs 'flags' attribute for an nfit/nvdimm
> device.  The 'flags' attribute reflects the "NVDIMM State Flags" of the
> "5.2.25.3 NVDIMM Region Mapping Structure", and when read indicates if
> the platform supports sending health events.
>
> ---
>
> Dan Williams (3):
>       tools/testing/nvdimm: unit test for acpi_nfit_notify()
>       acpi, nfit: add dimm device notification support
>       tools/testing/nvdimm: unit test for acpi_nvdimm_notify()

ACK for the series from the ACPI core perspective.

Thanks,
Rafael