On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:06:29PM +0530, Ganesh wrote: > > On 8/25/21 2:54 AM, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > >On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 04:39:57PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > >>>+ case MC_ERROR_CTRL_MEM_ACCESS_PTABLE_WALK: > >>>+ mce_err.u.ra_error_type = > >>>+ MCE_RA_ERROR_PAGE_TABLE_WALK_LOAD_STORE_FOREIGN; > >>That name is ridiculously long, but I guess that's not your fault :) > >>We can fix it up in a later patch. > >It also has surprisingly little information content for the 47 chars > >length it has :-) What does this even mean?! > > It means control memory access error/real address error is detected during > page > table walk.
This isn't obvious from the name. The name contains some words your explanation does not, as well: LOAD, STORE, FOREIGN. Most importantly, the name is just a jumble of words, with no apparent connection between them. I didn't ask for an explanation, sorry if you misunderstood. I was just exploring the many ways this name is baffling :-) Segher