From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yazen Ghannam Subject: [PATCH] EDAC: Document HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 14:24:53 -0600 Message-ID: <1480623893-76399-1-git-send-email-Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> References: <20161201195753.rrxgwvltptq4gegp@yaz-fedora.dyhomenet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from mail-by2nam03on0064.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([104.47.42.64]:17046 "EHLO NAM03-BY2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750757AbcLAUZM (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:25:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20161201195753.rrxgwvltptq4gegp@yaz-fedora.dyhomenet> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: linux-next@vger.kernel.org Cc: Yazen Ghannam , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Borislav Petkov Add a description of the HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type that wasn't included with commit d12a969ebbfc ("EDAC, amd64: Add Deferred Error type"). Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam --- include/linux/edac.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h index cb56dcb..43cd51d 100644 --- a/include/linux/edac.h +++ b/include/linux/edac.h @@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ enum dev_type { * fatal (maybe it is on an unused memory area, * or the memory controller could recover from * it for example, by re-trying the operation). + * @HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED: Deferred Error - Indicates an uncorrectable + * error whose handling is not urgent. This could + * be due to hardware data poisoning where the + * system can continue operation until the poisoned + * data is consumed. Preemptive measures may also + * be taken, e.g. offlining pages, etc. * @HW_EVENT_ERR_FATAL: Fatal Error - Uncorrected error that could not * be recovered. */ -- 2.7.4