Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86/mce: Clarify comments regarding deferred error

[Aravind Gopalakrishnan]

On 2/23/16 6:11 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 03:45:10PM -0600, Aravind Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> >   /* AMD-specific bits */
> > -#define MCI_STATUS_DEFERRED	(1ULL<<44)  /* declare an uncorrected error */
> > +#define MCI_STATUS_DEFERRED	(1ULL<<44)  /* declare a deferred error */
> /* uncorrected error, deferred exception */
>
> sounds better to me.

Hmm. Well, Deferred error is a separate class of error by itself.
It's neither Corrected in HW nor is it Uncorrected like a MCE.

If you feel "Uncorrected error, deferred error exception" won;t be 
confusing, that's OK with me.


> For the future, such cleanups/fixes should always go first in the patch
> set.

Ok, I'll retain the order this time for V2 patchset as well.
But noted for future.

Thanks,
-Aravind.