messages like: EDAC MC0: CE row 3, channel 0, label "DIMM1": 1 Unknown error(s): memory read error on FATAL area : cpu=0 Err=0008:00c2 (ch=2), addr = 0xad1f73480 => socket=0, Channel=0(mask=2), rank=1 The location information there (row3 channel 0) is completely bogus: it has no physical meaning, and are just some random values that the driver uses to talk with the EDAC core. The error actually happened at CPU socket 0, channel 0, slot 1, but this is not reported anywhere, as the EDAC core doesn't know anything about the memory layout. So, only advanced users that know how the EDAC driver works and that tests their systems to see how DIMMs are mapped can actually benefit for such error logs. This patch series fixes the error report logic, in order to allow the EDAC to expose the memory architecture used by them to the EDAC core. So, as the EDAC core now understands how the memory is organized, it can provide an useful report: EDAC MC0: CE memory read error on DIMM1 (channel:0 slot:1 page:0x364b1b offset:0x600 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 - count:1 area:DRAM err_code:0001:0090 socket:0 channel_mask:1 rank:4) The location of the DIMM where the error happened is reported by "MC0" (cpu socket #0), at "channel:0 slot:1" location, and matches the physical location of the DIMM. There are two remaining issues not covered by this patch series: - The EDAC sysfs API will still report bogus values. So, userspace tools like edac-utils will still use the bogus data; - Add a new tracepoint-based way to get the binary information about the errors. Those are on a second series of patches (also at -next), but will probably miss the train for 3.5, due to the slow review process." Fix up trivial conflict (due to spelling correction of removed code) in drivers/edac/edac_device.c * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-edac: (42 commits) i7core: fix ranks information at the per-channel struct i5000: Fix the fatal error handling i5100_edac: Fix a warning when compiled with 32 bits i82975x_edac: Test nr_pages earlier to save a few CPU cycles e752x_edac: provide more info about how DIMMS/ranks are mapped i5000_edac: Fix the logic that retrieves memory information i5400_edac: improve debug messages to better represent the filled memory edac: Cleanup the logs for i7core and sb edac drivers edac: Initialize the dimm label with the known information edac: Remove the legacy EDAC ABI x38_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI tile_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI sb_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI r82600_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI ppc4xx_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI pasemi_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI mv64x60_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI mpc85xx_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI i82975x_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI i82875p_edac: convert driver to use the new edac ABI ... ÆX¬