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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 21/27] powerpc/powernv/pmem: Add an IOCTL to request controller health & perf data
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Le 28/02/2020 à 07:12, Andrew Donnellan a écrit :
> On 21/2/20 2:27 pm, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
>> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
>>
>> When health & performance data is requested from the controller,
>> it responds with an error log containing the requested information.
>>
>> This patch allows the request to me issued via an IOCTL.
>
> A better explanation would be good - this IOCTL triggers a request to
> the controller to collect controller health/perf data, and the
> controller will later respond with an error log that can be picked up
> via the error log IOCTL that you've defined earlier.

And even more precisely (to also check my understanding):

> this IOCTL triggers a request to
> the controller to collect controller health/perf data, and the
> controller will later respond

by raising an interrupt to let the user app know that

> an error log that can be picked up
> via the error log IOCTL that you've defined earlier.


The rest of the patch looks ok to me.

Fred

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