[PATCH] powerpc/eeh: rename EEH from "extended" to "enhanced" error handling

Gavin Shan gwshan at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Feb 17 09:59:21 AEDT 2016


On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:06:05PM +1100, Russell Currey wrote:
>IBM online documentation for EEH uses "extended error handling" and
>"enhanced error handling" to refer to the same thing, in different
>places.  The only place mentioning it as "enhanced error handling" in the
>kernel is the MAINTAINERS file, and it's "extended" in some documentation.
>
>IBM originally defined EEH as "enhanced error handling", so standardise
>all mentions of EEH to use that term.
>
>Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur at russell.cc>

Acked-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Thanks,
Gavin

>---
>This is essentially a V2 (though it has the inverse result) of this patch:
>https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-February/139367.html
>---
> Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c                        | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
>index 9d4e33d..6781892 100644
>--- a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
>+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
>@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Overview:
> The IBM POWER-based pSeries and iSeries computers include PCI bus
> controller chips that have extended capabilities for detecting and
> reporting a large variety of PCI bus error conditions.  These features
>-go under the name of "EEH", for "Extended Error Handling".  The EEH
>+go under the name of "EEH", for "Enhanced Error Handling".  The EEH
> hardware features allow PCI bus errors to be cleared and a PCI
> card to be "rebooted", without also having to reboot the operating
> system.
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
>index 40e4d4a..2e78466 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
>@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
> 
> 
> /** Overview:
>- *  EEH, or "Extended Error Handling" is a PCI bridge technology for
>+ *  EEH, or "Enhanced Error Handling" is a PCI bridge technology for
>  *  dealing with PCI bus errors that can't be dealt with within the
>  *  usual PCI framework, except by check-stopping the CPU.  Systems
>  *  that are designed for high-availability/reliability cannot afford
>-- 
>2.7.1
>
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