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

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Message-ID: <YU4rAigWIh8g6iOl@yaz-ubuntu>
Date:   Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:46:10 +0000
From:   Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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 08:14:15PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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?
> 

I agree with you in general. But this device isn't really a GPU. And users of
this device seem to want to count *every* error, at least for now.

> All you wanna do is play, I'd say.
> 
> :-)
>

Definitely. :)

Thanks,
Yazen