Re: [RFC/PATCH, 1/4] readX_check() performance evaluation

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:52:46 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> said:

  >> I find this comment interesting.  Can you elaborate what you mean by
  >> "slightly buggy systems"?

  Andi> e.g. one bit ECC errors in memory are quite common.  And with
  Andi> ECC memory they are not really fatal.

Yet they are a good indicator that something is wrong (not performing
properly) or may be failing soon.  I don't think putting on blinders
for such problems is a good idea.  Though I agree that the question of
how to report such things without needlessly alerting Joe Clueless is
an interesting challenge.

	--david
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/