Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:04:24 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] mce: acpi/apei: trace: Enable ghes memory error trace event |
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:49:32AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Clear win from what PoV? Userspace will need to decode a different type > of tracing, and implement a different logic for APEI.
There's no different type of tracing - it is the same info as in both cases it comes from APEI. And if it can be done in the APEI layer, then we don't need the next layer.
> Also, if both ghes_edac and this new tracing is enabled, userspace > will receive twice the same event, as two traces will be received for > the same thing.
We are, of course, going to have only one tracepoint which reports memory errors, not two.
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