linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 5/8] EDAC/ghes: Make ghes_edac a proper module to remove the dependency on ghes

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Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2022 00:31:18 +0000
From:   "Kani, Toshi" <toshi.kani@....com>
To:     Jia He <justin.he@....com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
        Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
        Jan Luebbe <jlu@...gutronix.de>,
        Khuong Dinh <khuong@...amperecomputing.com>
CC:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...ica.org" <devel@...ica.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nd@....com" <nd@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 5/8] EDAC/ghes: Make ghes_edac a proper module to
 remove the dependency on ghes

On Monday, September 5, 2022 9:25 AM, Jia He wrote:
> -void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
> +static void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
>  {
>  	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
>  	unsigned long flags;
> 
> -	if (!ghes_edac_force_enable)
> -		return;
> -

I am not familiar with this original check.  Assuming it is safe to
delete it now (as you mentioned in other email w/o description),
I suggest adding some description to the commit log.

At high-level, the patch looks good to me.
Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>

Toshi