linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] acpi: apei: Add SEI notification type support for ARMv8

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:17:27 +0800
From:   gengdongjiu <gengdongjiu@...wei.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CC:     <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>, <james.morse@....com>,
        <will.deacon@....com>, <rjw@...ysocki.net>, <lenb@...nel.org>,
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        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devel@...ica.org>, Huangshaoyu <huangshaoyu@...wei.com>,
        Wuquanming <wuquanming@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] acpi: apei: Add SEI notification type support for
 ARMv8


On 2017/10/18 17:06, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 01:00:44PM +0800, gengdongjiu wrote:
>> SError is System Error, which is a asynchronous exception in the Internal CPU.
>>
>> In the ARM RAS Extension, there are mainly two type abort for CPU:
>> SEA(Synchronous External Abort)
>> SEI(SError Interrupt)
> And you're not writing it out as "System Error" because ...?

Thanks Borislav, can I write it as asynchronous exception or asynchronous abort?