Re: [PATCH 1/6] HWPOISON: clean up memory_failure() vs.__memory_failure()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Dec 15 2011 - 01:46:43 EST



* Luck, Tony <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > > printk(KERN_ERR "Action optional memory failure at %lx ignored\n", pfn);
> > >
> > > Btw., while at it, could we phrase this message in a more
> > > obvious way to users, such as 'Non-fatal memory failure at
> > > %lx ignored'?
> >
> > Yeah, that's might not be as correct as we want it to be. AO
> > means it is an uncorrectable error, i.e. it will become fatal
> > if we'd consumed it, but it isn't that now because we just saw
> > it passing by in the cacheline...
> >
> > Maybe "Fatal, unconsumed error ignored..."
>
> The overall meaning is "land mine seen but not stepped on yet"

Perfect message!

Thanks,

Ingo
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