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

[Alex G.]

On 05/11/2018 11:19 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:12:24AM -0500, Alex G. wrote:
>> Because the GHES structure uses CPER values, but all the code is written
>> to use GHES_SEV_ values. GHES_SEV_ is a made up enum, specifically for
>> linux.
> 
> Again, what does that even matter?

I will shorten the commit message.


> They're defines in both cases. The *actual* value means shit.
> 
> Ah, I see it:
> 
> 	...
> 		sec_sev = ghes_sec_pcie_severity(gdata);
> 
> 	worst_sev = max(worst_sev, sec_sev);
> 
> 
> Yeah, no, you can't do that. No apples and oranges comparisons.

That was a mistake on my part. Despite my godlike ability to produce
great fixes, I am, in fact, human.

Alex