Re: [PATCH V3] acpi: apei: clear error status before acknowledging the error

[Baicar, Tyler]

On 8/29/2017 2:16 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:53:41AM -0600, Tyler Baicar wrote:
> > Currently we acknowledge errors before clearing the error status.
> > This could cause a new error to be populated by firmware in-between
> > the error acknowledgment and the error status clearing which would
> > cause the second error's status to be cleared without being handled.
> > So, clear the error status before acknowledging the errors.
> >
> > Also, make sure to acknowledge the error if the error status read
> > fails.
> >
> > V3: Seperate check for -ENOENT return value
> >
> > V2: Only send error ack if there was an error populated
> >      Remove curly braces that are no longer needed
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> >   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Hello Rafael,

Were you able to apply this patch?

Thanks,
Tyler

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