[PATCH v1 2/7] powerpc/kernel: Add uevents in EEH error/resume

[Russell Currey]

On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 09:32 -0600, Bryant G. Ly wrote:
> Devices can go offline when EEH is reported. This patch adds
> a change to the kernel object and lets udev know of error.
> When device resumes a change is also set reporting device as
> online. Therefore, EEH events are better propagated to user
> space for devices in powerpc arch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bryant G. Ly <bryantly at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Juan J. Alvarez <jjalvare at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 

It would probably also be useful to communicate when recovery fails and
a device is no longer usable, so userspace knows not to keep waiting
for recovery to complete.