Re: [PATCH 2/2] ghes_edac: refactor error status fields decoding

From: Shuai Xue
Date: Tue Dec 07 2021 - 08:20:33 EST


Hi, Robert,

Thank you for your quick comments!

On 2021/12/7 PM7:47, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 07.12.21 11:19:05, Shuai Xue wrote:
>
>> @@ -285,6 +285,48 @@ int cper_dimm_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg)
>> return n;
>> }
>>
>> +const char *cper_mem_err_status_str(u64 status)
>
> [...]
>
> Same here, add an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for the function.
Will add it in next version.


>> --- a/include/linux/cper.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/cper.h
>> @@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ void cper_print_proc_arm(const char *pfx,
>> const struct cper_sec_proc_arm *proc);
>> void cper_print_proc_ia(const char *pfx,
>> const struct cper_sec_proc_ia *proc);
>> -int cper_mem_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg);
>> -int cper_dimm_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg);
>> +int cper_mem_err_location(const struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg);
>> +int cper_dimm_err_location(const struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg);
>
> Do we really need that 'const' here?
I think we do. It is read only and should not be modified in these functions,
just as cper_print_proc_arm' style.


>> +const char *cper_mem_err_status_str(u64 status);
>
> The function i/f is different compared to the others, though the
> purpose is the same. Let's use same style:
>
> int cper_mem_err_status(const struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg);
Sorry, I don't catch it. cper_mem_err_status_str() decodes the error status and return
a string, the same style as cper_severity_str and cper_mem_err_type_str do. May
we need to move the declaration ahead with cper_severity_str?

Best Regards,
Shuai