Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933723AbcLIOhV (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:37:21 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:46808 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932758AbcLIOhS (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:37:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 07:37:13 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Cao jin Cc: , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Bjorn Helgaas Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci-error-recover: doc cleanup Message-ID: <20161209073713.43ed92ea@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <584A513B.9080409@cn.fujitsu.com> References: <1481184974-12505-1-git-send-email-caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> <20161208070539.0f00ce71@lwn.net> <58496AA4.5030602@cn.fujitsu.com> <584A513B.9080409@cn.fujitsu.com> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 599 Lines: 16 On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:37:47 +0800 Cao jin wrote: > I am little confused too, even not sure if we are talking the same > *fatal error*, I am talking the fatal error defined in PCI Express spec, > chapter 6.2.2.2.1: Therein lies my original discomfort with the change; it didn't seem to make sense to talk about recovering from a fatal error. Perhaps making it "is done whenever a fatal error (as defined in section 6.2.2.2.1) has been detected that can be "solved" by resetting the link" or something like that to make it clear how the term is being used? Thanks, jon