Merge branch 'x86-ras-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 RAS update from Ingo Molnar:
 "The changes in this tree are:

   - ACPI APEI (ACPI Platform Error Interface) improvements, by Chen
     Gong
   - misc MCE fixes/cleanups"

* 'x86-ras-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/mce: Update MCE severity condition check
  mce: acpi/apei: Add comments to clarify usage of the various bitfields in the MCA subsystem
  ACPI/APEI: Update einj documentation for param1/param2
  ACPI/APEI: Add parameter check before error injection
  ACPI, APEI, EINJ: Fix error return code in einj_init()
  x86, mce: Fix "braodcast" typo

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
index e20b6daaced4..a58b63da1a36 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
@@ -47,11 +47,16 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
 
 - param1
   This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of
-  parameter depends on error_type specified.
+  parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
+  type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical
+  memory address.
 
 - param2
   This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
-  parameter depends on error_type specified.
+  parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
+  type is memory related type, the param2 should be a physical memory
+  address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say,
+  0xfffffffffffff000.
 
 - notrigger
   The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then