Re: RE: [PATCH 0/2] edac: Add support to handle Deferred Error

From: Yazen Ghannam
Date: Thu Apr 20 2023 - 13:50:09 EST


On 3/3/23 22:30, Qiuxu Zhuo wrote:
>> From: Kamati Srinivas <quic_kamasrin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ...
>>
>> This patchset adds support to handle Deferred error, also
>
> It would be better if there is a use case showing some EDAC
> driver(s) needs this newly added "Deferred Error" code
> in the EDAC core.
>

I agree. On AMD systems, "deferred" errors are uncorrectable errors that
do not require immediate action. This may be similar to "action
optional" errors. They are still uncorrectable errors and can be counted
as such.

Thanks,
Yazen