Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757890AbZFOQ2k (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753148AbZFOQ2d (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:33 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:53639 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751506AbZFOQ2c (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:32 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:28:16 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Andi Kleen Cc: Andi Kleen , Hugh Dickins , Wu Fengguang , Balbir Singh , Andrew Morton , LKML , Ingo Molnar , Mel Gorman , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Peter Zijlstra , Nick Piggin , "riel@redhat.com" , "chris.mason@oracle.com" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/22] HWPOISON: Intro (v5) Message-ID: <20090615172816.707bff0a@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090615161904.GH31969@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20090615024520.786814520@intel.com> <4A35BD7A.9070208@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20090615042753.GA20788@localhost> <20090615140019.4e405d37@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090615132934.GE31969@one.firstfloor.org> <20090615154832.73c89733@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090615152427.GF31969@one.firstfloor.org> <20090615162804.4cb75b30@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090615161904.GH31969@one.firstfloor.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 817 Lines: 21 > > curse a lot > > suspend to disk > > remove dirt from fans, clean/replace RAM > > resume from disk > > > > The very act of making the ECC error not take out the box creates the > > Ok so at least you agree now that handling these errors without > panic is the right thing to do. That's at least some progress. There are some situations it may be useful - possibly. But then if you can't sort the resulting mess out because your patches are too limited its not useful yet is it. Even then this isn't 2.6.31 stuff - its 2.6.31-mm or -next stuff maybe for 2.6.32 -- 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/