linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] ACPI: APEI: Add ghes_handle_memory

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Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:22:59 +0100
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org,
        tony.luck@...el.com, bp@...en8.de, baicar@...amperecomputing.com,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, jonathan.cameron@...wei.com,
        tanxiaofei@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] ACPI: APEI: Add ghes_handle_memory_failure to the
 new notification method

Hi,

On 12/08/2019 11:11, Shiju Jose wrote:
> This patch adds ghes_handle_memory_failure to the new error
> notification method.

The commit message doesn't answer the question: why?

The existing code works. This just looks like additional churn.
Given a user, I think the vendor specific example is useful. I don't think making this
thing more pluggable is a good idea.


Thanks,

James