Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] efi: Decode UEFI-defined IA32/X64 Error Structure GUIDs

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Tue Feb 27 2018 - 10:31:58 EST


On 27 February 2018 at 15:28, Ghannam, Yazen <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 9:30 AM
>> To: Ghannam, Yazen <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx; x86@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] efi: Decode UEFI-defined IA32/X64 Error
>> Structure GUIDs
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 01:39:00PM -0600, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
>> > @@ -45,6 +81,11 @@ void cper_print_proc_ia(const char *pfx, const struct
>> cper_sec_proc_ia *proc)
>> > printk("%sError Structure Type: %pUl\n", newpfx,
>> > &err_info->err_type);
>> >
>> > + err_type = cper_get_err_type(&err_info->err_type);
>> > + printk("%sError Structure Type: %s\n", newpfx,
>> > + err_type < ARRAY_SIZE(cper_proc_error_type_strs) ?
>> > + cper_proc_error_type_strs[err_type] : "unknown");
>>
>> Ah, there it is, much better. Now this tells us what component it is.
>>
>> So cper-arm.c does the same thing and there's a similar thing in cper.c -
>> cper_print_proc_generic().
>>
>> Let's not tri-plicate that code pls and have a generic function instead.
>>
>
> Sure, I can do that.
>
> Ard, is this okay?
>

Yes, please, but only if there's something to gain by it.