linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: warn on invalid argument when explicitly indicated by platform

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Message-ID: <cda5ce13-78f9-1a00-c792-8421d8f14013@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:18:16 +0800
From:   Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     "baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com" <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "benjamin.cheatham@....com" <benjamin.cheatham@....com>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "james.morse@....com" <james.morse@....com>,
        "jaylu102@....com" <jaylu102@....com>,
        "lenb@...nel.org" <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "rafael@...nel.org" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        "zhuo.song@...ux.alibaba.com" <zhuo.song@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: warn on invalid argument when
 explicitly indicated by platform



On 2023/3/23 AM12:07, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> Fix to return -EINVAL in the __einj_error_inject() error handling case
>> instead of -EBUSY, when explicitly indicated by the platform in the status
>> of the completed operation.
> 
> Needs a bit longer description on the use case based on follow up discussion.
> Key information is the EINVAL is an indicator to the user that the parameters they
> supplied cannot be used for injection.
> 
> But for the code:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> 
> -Tony

Got, I will rephrase the commit log based on follow up discussion.

Thank you for reviews.

Cheers,
Shuai