Re: [PATCH 1/3] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Classify error scenarios correctly

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

Thank you for this patch series.

On 4/12/24 9:31 PM, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
> Sathya,
> 
> Thanks for reviewing this
> 
> On 4/12/2024 11:32 AM, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>>
>> On 4/12/24 10:23 AM, Jithu Joseph wrote:
>>> Based on inputs from hardware architects, only "scan signature failures"
>>> should be treated as actual hardware/cpu failure.
>>
>> Instead of just saying input from hardware architects, it would be better
>> if you mention the rationale behind it.
> 
> I can reword the first para as below:
> 
> "Scan controller error" means that scan hardware encountered an error
> prior to doing an actual test on the target CPU. It does not mean that
> there is an actual cpu/core failure. "scan signature failure" indicates
> that the test result on the target core did not match the expected value
> and should be treated as a cpu failure.
> 
> Current driver classifies both these scenarios as failures. Modify ...

I've modified the commit message using the rewording suggested above
while merging this patch and I have merged the entire series:

Thank you for your patch-series, I've applied the series to my
review-hans branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git/log/?h=review-hans

Once I've run some tests on this branch the patches there will be
added to the platform-drivers-x86/for-next branch and eventually
will be included in the pdx86 pull-request to Linus for the next
merge-window.

Regards,

Hans






>>> Current driver, in addition, classifies "scan controller error" scenario
>>> too as a hardware/cpu failure. Modify the driver to classify this situation
>>> with a more appropriate "untested" status instead of "fail" status.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewe
>>
>> Code wise it looks good to me.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
> 
> 
> Jithu
>