x86, mce: Add HW_ERR printk prefix for hardware error logging
authorHuang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Mon, 31 May 2010 08:48:09 +0000 (16:48 +0800)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:28:43 +0000 (21:28 -0700)
This makes hardware error related log in printk log more explicit. So
that the users can report it to hardware vendor instead of LKML or
software vendor.

Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
LKML-Reference: <1275295689.3444.462.camel@yhuang-dev.sh.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
include/linux/kernel.h

index 8317ec4..3bf740b 100644 (file)
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ extern struct pid *session_of_pgrp(struct pid *pgrp);
 #define FW_WARN                "[Firmware Warn]: "
 #define FW_INFO                "[Firmware Info]: "
 
+/*
+ * HW_ERR
+ * Add this to a message for hardware errors, so that user can report
+ * it to hardware vendor instead of LKML or software vendor.
+ */
+#define HW_ERR         "[Hardware Error]: "
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));