linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] EDAC/amd64: Check register values from all UMCs

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Message-ID: <YbNJSyv4GdC+SUSD@zn.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:34:19 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc:     linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mchehab@...nel.org, tony.luck@...el.com, james.morse@....com,
        rric@...nel.org, Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com,
        william.roche@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] EDAC/amd64: Check register values from all UMCs

On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 05:43:55PM +0000, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> Loop over all UMCs and create bitmasks to check the values of the
> DIMM_CFG and UMC_CFG registers rather than just checking the values from
> the first two UMCs.

Do not talk about what your patch does in the commit message - that
should hopefully be visible in the diff itself. Rather, talk about *why*
you're doing what you're doing.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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