Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] ghes_edac: refactor memory error reporting to avoid code duplication

From: Shuai Xue
Date: Thu Dec 16 2021 - 07:54:23 EST


Hi folks,

On 2021/12/10 PM9:40, Shuai Xue wrote:
> ghes_edac_report_mem_error() in ghes_edac.c is Long Method and have
> Duplicated Code with cper_mem_err_location(), cper_dimm_err_location(), and
> cper_mem_err_type_str() in drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c. In addition, the
> cper_print_mem() in drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c only reports the error
> status and misses its description.
>
> This patch set is to refactor ghes_edac_report_mem_error with:
>
> - Patch 01 is to unify memory error report format with cper;
> - Patch 02 is to introduces cper_*(), into ghes_edac_report_mem_error(),
> this can avoid bunch of duplicate code lines;
> - Patch 02 is to wrap up error status decoding logics and reuse it in
> cper_print_mem().
>
> Changes since v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211207031905.61906-2-xueshuai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> - add a new patch to unify ghes and cper before removing duplication.
> - document the changes in patch description
> - add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()s for cper_*()
> - document and the dependency and add UEFI_CPER dependency explicitly
> Thanks Robert Richter for review comments.
>
> Shuai Xue (3):
> ghes_edac: unify memory error report format with cper
> ghes_edac: refactor memory error location processing
> ghes_edac: refactor error status fields decoding
>
> drivers/edac/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c | 196 +++++++-----------------------------
> drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 86 ++++++++++++----
> include/linux/cper.h | 3 +
> 4 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)
>

I am wondering if you have any comments on this series of patches?

Best Regards,
Shuai