linux-kernel - Re: [UNVERIFIED SENDER] Re: [RFC 1/1] edac: Add a counter parameter for edac_device_handle

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Date:   Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:34:35 +0300
From:   "Hawa, Hanna" <hhhawa@...zon.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
CC:     <thor.thayer@...ux.intel.com>, <bp@...en8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [UNVERIFIED SENDER] Re: [RFC 1/1] edac: Add a counter parameter
 for edac_device_handle_ue/ce()



On 7/25/2019 9:36 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>   	/* Propagate the count up the 'totals' tree */
>> -	instance->counters.ue_count++;
>> -	edac_dev->counters.ue_count++;
>> +	instance->counters.ue_count += error_count;
>> +	edac_dev->counters.ue_count += error_count;
> Patch itself looks a good idea, but maybe it should rise a WARN()
> if error_count == 0.
Good point, shouldn't we use WARN_ONCE here? if the user call 
edac_device_handle_ue() with error count == 0, it not be change in 
run-time, only if the error count parameter is calculated somehow, and 
it'll be the *caller* issue that didn't check the error count.
What you think?

> 
> That applies for both CE and UE error logic.
Sure.

Thanks,
Hanna
> 
> Thanks,
> Mauro