linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/18] EDAC/amd64: Remove scrub rate control for Family 17h and later

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Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 12:26:27 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc:     linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com, muralidhara.mk@....com,
        naveenkrishna.chatradhi@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/18] EDAC/amd64: Remove scrub rate control for Family
 17h and later

On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 02:55:18PM +0000, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> @@ -251,6 +234,9 @@ static int set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 bw)
>  	struct amd64_pvt *pvt = mci->pvt_info;
>  	u32 min_scrubrate = 0x5;
>  
> +	if (pvt->umc)
> +		return -EPERM;

Since this function is testing families, it might be more
straightforward for the check to be:

	if (pvt->fam >= 0x17)

> +
>  	if (pvt->fam == 0xf)
>  		min_scrubrate = 0x0;

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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