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Re: [PATCH v2] libnvdimm, pmem: Add sysfs notifications to badblocks

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:
> Sysfs "badblocks" information may be updated during run-time that:
>  - MCE, SCI, and sysfs "scrub" may add new bad blocks
>  - Writes and ioctl() may clear bad blocks
>
> Add support to send sysfs notifications to sysfs "badblocks" file
> under region and pmem directories when their badblocks information
> is re-evaluated (but is not necessarily changed) during run-time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
> Cc: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hpe.com>
> ---
> v2: Send notifications for the clearing case
> ---

This looks good to me, I've applied it, but I also want to extend the
ndctl unit tests to cover this mechanism.

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[PATCH v2] libnvdimm, pmem: Add sysfs notifications to badblocks Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-06-13 00:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] libnvdimm, pmem: Add sysfs notifications to badblocks Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-06-15 23:40 +0200
    RE: [PATCH v2] libnvdimm, pmem: Add sysfs notifications to badblocks "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-06-17 02:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2] libnvdimm, pmem: Add sysfs notifications to badblocks Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-06-17 02:50 +0200
        RE: [PATCH v2] libnvdimm, pmem: Add sysfs notifications to badblocks "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-06-17 03:00 +0200

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