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| author | Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> | 2016-12-01 14:24:53 -0600 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-12-15 08:58:12 -0200 |
| commit | 4838a0def07f5611347860b1fc0129c3fe77cc02 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f12d75a3b0e08f92d492c4884924e2388a843d4 /include/linux/edac.h | |
| parent | 6b1fb6f7037221981fb2cf1822c31b5fba1b9c22 (diff) | |
EDAC: Document HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type
Add a description of the HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type that wasn't included
with commit d12a969ebbfc ("EDAC, amd64: Add Deferred Error type").
Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/edac.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/edac.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h index c4433fd6c859..07c52c0af62d 100644 --- a/include/linux/edac.h +++ b/include/linux/edac.h @@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ 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. * @HW_EVENT_ERR_INFO: Informational - The CPER spec defines a forth |