From 4838a0def07f5611347860b1fc0129c3fe77cc02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yazen Ghannam Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 14:24:53 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Acked-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- include/linux/edac.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.20.1