Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac

[Kani, Toshimitsu]

On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 12:44 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:34:50 +0000
> "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> escreveu:
> 
> > On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 17:13 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 03:08:41PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu
> > > wrote:ÂÂ
> > > > Yes, that is correct.ÂÂCorrected errors are reported to the OS
> > > > when they exceeded the platform's threshold.ÂÂ
> > > 
> > > Are those thresholds user-configurable?ÂÂ
> > 
> > I suppose it'd depend on vendors, but I do not think users can do
> > it properly unless they have depth knowledge about the hardware.
> > 
> > > If not, what are you telling users who want to see *every*
> > > corrected error for measuring DIMM wear and so on...?ÂÂ
> > 
> > Corrected errors are normal and expected to occur on healthy
> > hardware.  They do not need user's attention until they repeatedly
> > occurred at a same place.
> 
> Yes, they're expected to happen. Still, some sys admins have their
> own measurements about what's "normal" for their scenario, and want
> to monitor every single corrected error, running their own
> algorithm to warn if the number of corrected errors is above their
> "normal" rate.

I suppose these admins had to do it because their platforms reported
all corrected errors.  It addresses such administrators' burden.

Thanks,
-Toshi