From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail144.messagelabs.com (mail144.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45CD6B004F for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:26:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:28:16 +0100 From: Alan Cox 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Andi Kleen Cc: 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" List-ID: > > 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, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org