Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753239AbbDGDut (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2015 23:50:49 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49023 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753027AbbDGDuq (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2015 23:50:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:49:57 +0800 From: Dave Young To: "Li, Zhen-Hua" Cc: "dwmw2@infradead.org" , "indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com" , "bhe@redhat.com" , "joro@8bytes.org" , "vgoyal@redhat.com" , "iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "kexec@lists.infradead.org" , "alex.williamson@redhat.com" , "ddutile@redhat.com" , "ishii.hironobu@jp.fujitsu.com" , "bhelgaas@google.com" , "Hatch, Douglas B (HPS Linux PM)" , "Hoemann, Jerry" , "Vaden, Tom (HP Server OS Architecture)" , "Zhang, Li (Zoe@HPservers-Core-OE-PSC)" , "Mitchell, Lisa (MCLinux in Fort Collins)" , "billsumnerlinux@gmail.com" , "Wright, Randy (HP Servers Linux)" Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/10] iommu/vt-d: Fix intel vt-d faults in kdump kernel Message-ID: <20150407034957.GC7213@localhost.localdomain> References: <1426743388-26908-1-git-send-email-zhen-hual@hp.com> <20150403084031.GF22579@dhcp-128-53.nay.redhat.com> <551E56F6.60503@hp.com> <20150403092111.GG22579@dhcp-128-53.nay.redhat.com> <534F7596-2172-4BE1-B374-4D18D2DA5110@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <534F7596-2172-4BE1-B374-4D18D2DA5110@hp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1-rc1 (2013-10-16) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 593 Lines: 13 On 04/03/15 at 02:05pm, Li, Zhen-Hua wrote: > The hardware will do some verification, but not completely. If people think the OS should also do this, then it should be another patchset, I think. If there is chance to corrupt more memory I think it is not a right way. We should think about a better solution instead of fix it later. Thanks Dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/