linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] RAS: Report ARM processor information to userspace

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:54:11 +0000
From:   Boris Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RAS: Report ARM processor information to userspace

On January 26, 2022 3:09:06 AM UTC, lostway@....edu.cn wrote:
>From: Shengwei Luo <luoshengwei@...wei.com>
>
>The ARM processor error section includes several ARM processor error
>information, several ARM processor context information and several
>vendor specific error information structures. In addition to these
>info, there are error severity and cpu logical index about the event.
>Report all of these information to userspace via perf i/f.

 A patch commit message needs to explain why a change is being done, not what is being done. The "what" I can see most of the time.

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