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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-03 03:30:46 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-03 03:30:46 +0400
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Merge branch 'x86-ras-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 RAS update from Ingo Molnar: "The changes in this tree are: - ACPI APEI (ACPI Platform Error Interface) improvements, by Chen Gong - misc MCE fixes/cleanups" * 'x86-ras-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/mce: Update MCE severity condition check mce: acpi/apei: Add comments to clarify usage of the various bitfields in the MCA subsystem ACPI/APEI: Update einj documentation for param1/param2 ACPI/APEI: Add parameter check before error injection ACPI, APEI, EINJ: Fix error return code in einj_init() x86, mce: Fix "braodcast" typo
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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
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--- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
@@ -47,11 +47,16 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
- param1
This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of
- parameter depends on error_type specified.
+ parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
+ type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical
+ memory address.
- param2
This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
- parameter depends on error_type specified.
+ parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
+ type is memory related type, the param2 should be a physical memory
+ address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say,
+ 0xfffffffffffff000.
- notrigger
The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then