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Date:   Fri, 11 May 2018 17:39:47 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/3] acpi: apei: Rename ghes_severity() to
 ghes_cper_severity()
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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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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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