Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk()

From	"Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk()
Date	2017-08-15 18:30 +0200
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On Tue, 2017-08-15 at 17:50 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 03:35:51PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> > ghes_edac instantiates an mci as a pseudo device representing a
> > GHES error source.  Each error source associates with all DIMMs,
> > and may report errors independently.  As ghes_edac is an GHES
> > error-reporting wrapper to edac, this abstraction makes sense.
> 
> Bullshit.
> 
> An MCI is a memory controller descriptor. That doesn't fit the GHES
> platform devices that get probed. GHES platform device != MCI. How
> many times do I need to say this for it to get through to you?

Right, but it has to be a "pseudo" device for ghes_edac.  There is no
memory controller info available.  A single mci does not make it a real
memory controller, either.

> > I do not see a problem in having counters for each GHES error
> > source.
> 
> And the error counters of that "simulated" mci get incremented
> depending on which pointer gets passed in from GHES? More bullshit.
>
> > This is just statistics info, and ghes_edac does not expect any OS
> > action from the counters.
> 
> So let me know if you don't want to do it and rather would prefer to
> pointlessly debate. I certainly don't want to waste my time debating.

Yes, ghes_edac refactoring like this should be considered a separate
item.  My patchset is aimed to introduce a platform-check to attach
ghes_edac on supported platforms.

Thanks,
-Toshi

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Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-14 18:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 18:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-14 18:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 19:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-14 20:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 20:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-14 20:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 20:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-14 21:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 21:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-14 22:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 22:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-15 17:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2017-08-15 17:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-15 18:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-16 10:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-16 13:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-08-16 16:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-16 16:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-08-16 16:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-16 19:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-16 17:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-16 18:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-16 19:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-16 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-16 20:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-17 23:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-21 11:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-15 18:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk() "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-08-15 18:30 +0200

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