[PATCH] EDAC: Document HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type
From: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>
Date: 2016-12-01 20:25:12
Subsystem:
edac-core, the rest · Maintainers:
Borislav Petkov, Tony Luck, Linus Torvalds
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 <redacted>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>
---
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. */
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