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Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC/device: Add sysfs notification for UE,CE count
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On 7/31/2023 3:00 PM, Deepti Jaggi wrote:
> A daemon running in user space collects information on correctable
> and uncorrectable errors from EDAC driver by reading corresponding
> sysfs entries and takes appropriate action.

Which daemon we are referring here? Can you please provide the link to 
the project?

Are you using this daemon?

https://mcelog.org/ - It is for x86, but is your daemon project different?

> This patch adds support for user space daemon to wait on poll() until
> the sysfs entries for UE count and CE count change and then read updated
> counts instead of continuously monitoring the sysfs entries for
> any changes.

The modifications below are architecture agnostic so I really want to 
know what exactly we are fixing and if there is a problem.


-- 
---Trilok Soni