linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pstore: Add prefix to ECC messages

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Date:   Tue,  1 Mar 2022 10:44:35 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, kernel@...s.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pstore: Add prefix to ECC messages

On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 15:49:32 +0100, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> The "No errors detected" message from the ECC code is shown at the end
> of the pstore log and can be confusing or misleading, especially since
> it usually appears just after a kernel crash log which normally means
> quite the opposite of "no errors".  Prefix the message to clarify that
> this message is only about ECC-detected errors.
> 
> 
> [...]

Excellent point. :)

Applied to for-next/pstore, thanks!

[1/1] pstore: Add prefix to ECC messages
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/023bbde3db41

-- 
Kees Cook