linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Register MCE notifier for Aldebaran RAS

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Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:14:15 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc:     "Joshi, Mukul" <Mukul.Joshi@....com>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "mchehab@...nel.org" <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Register MCE notifier for Aldebaran RAS

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 05:23:21PM +0000, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> Shouldn't the error still be reported to EDAC for decoding and counting? I
> think users want this.

You know what happens with users getting ECCs reported, right? They
think immediately their hw is going bad and start wanting to replace
it...

So what does actually tell you if you were a simple user and you had 5
correctable errors in the GPU VRAM?

All you wanna do is play, I'd say.

:-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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