linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] acpi: apei: call into AER handling regardless of severity

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Message-ID: <20171128105712.zgexfehtvj4rnfur@pd.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:57:12 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, tony.luck@...el.com, will.deacon@....com,
        james.morse@....com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] acpi: apei: call into AER handling regardless of
 severity

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 08:14:27AM -0700, Tyler Baicar wrote:
> Currently the GHES code only calls into the AER driver for
> recoverable type errors. This is incorrect because errors of
> other severities do not get logged by the AER driver and do not
> get exposed to user space via the AER trace event. So, call
> into the AER driver for PCIe errors regardless of the severity
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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