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Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm, pmem: clarify the write+clear_poison+write flow

From Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm, pmem: clarify the write+clear_poison+write flow
Date 2016-04-15 14:40 +0200
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Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> writes:

> The ACPI specification does not specify the state of data after a clear
> poison operation.  Potential future libnvdimm bus implementations for
> other architectures also might not specify or disagree on the state of
> data after clear poison.  Clarify why we write twice.

Thanks, Dan, looks good.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>

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[PATCH] libnvdimm, pmem: clarify the write+clear_poison+write flow Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-04-15 04:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm, pmem: clarify the write+clear_poison+write flow Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> - 2016-04-15 09:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm, pmem: clarify the write+clear_poison+write flow Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 2016-04-15 14:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm, pmem: clarify the write+clear_poison+write  flow "Verma, Vishal L" <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-15 19:00 +0200

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