RE: [PATCH v3 0/5] AMD64 EDAC: Check for nodes without memory, etc.

[Ghannam, Yazen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-edac-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-edac-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Borislav Petkov
> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 11:06 AM
> To: Ghannam, Yazen <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-edac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] AMD64 EDAC: Check for nodes without memory, etc.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 01:24:59AM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> > From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi Boris,
> >
> > These patches address the issue where the module checks and complains
> > about DRAM ECC on nodes without memory.
> >
> > Changes from last revision:
> >   1) Dropped patch 6 which was for adding a grain value.
> >   2) Added an error code for !ecc_enabled() in patch 5.
> 
> Still doesn't help. The load gets attempted twice still. Try reproducing
> it on a small, single-node box where ECC is disabled.
> 

We had a thread before about usersapce loading the module multiple times on
failure:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-edac/20190822005020.GA403@xxxxxxxxxx/

I tried to look into it a bit, but I didn't get very far.

So is the behavior you see only happening with the new patchset applied? That
may be a clue that we can fix this in the module.

Thanks,
Yazen