On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 12:44 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:34:50 +0000 > "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.k...@hpe.com> escreveu: > > > On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 17:13 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 03:08:41PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu > > > wrote: > > > > Yes, that is correct. Corrected errors are reported to the OS > > > > when they exceeded the platform's threshold. > > > > > > Are those thresholds user-configurable? > > > > I suppose it'd depend on vendors, but I do not think users can do > > it properly unless they have depth knowledge about the hardware. > > > > > If not, what are you telling users who want to see *every* > > > corrected error for measuring DIMM wear and so on...? > > > > Corrected errors are normal and expected to occur on healthy > > hardware. They do not need user's attention until they repeatedly > > occurred at a same place. > > Yes, they're expected to happen. Still, some sys admins have their > own measurements about what's "normal" for their scenario, and want > to monitor every single corrected error, running their own > algorithm to warn if the number of corrected errors is above their > "normal" rate.
I suppose these admins had to do it because their platforms reported all corrected errors. It addresses such administrators' burden. Thanks, -Toshi
