Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/3] acpi: apei: Rename ghes_severity() to ghes_cper_severity()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri May 11 2018 - 11:40:37 EST


On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 04:33:51PM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
> ghes_severity() is a misnomer in this case, as it implies the severity
> of the entire GHES structure. Instead, it maps one CPER value to a
> monotonically increasing number.

... as opposed to CPER severity which is something else or what is this
formulation trying to express?

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Boris.

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