RE: [PATCHv3 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Register MCE notifier for Aldebaran RAS

From: Joshi, Mukul
Date: Thu Sep 23 2021 - 11:31:54 EST


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> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
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> To: Ghannam, Yazen <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joshi, Mukul <Mukul.Joshi@xxxxxxx>; linux-edac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Register MCE notifier for Aldebaran
> RAS
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> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 02:29:07PM +0000, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> > > + /*
> > > + * If the error was generated in UMC_V2, which belongs to GPU UMCs,
> > > + * and error occurred in DramECC (Extended error code = 0) then only
> > > + * process the error, else bail out.
> > > + */
> > > + if (!m || !((smca_get_bank_type(m->bank) == SMCA_UMC_V2) &&
> > > + (XEC(m->status, 0x1f) == 0x0)))
> >
> > The MCA_STATUS[ErrorCodeExt] field is bits [21:16], so the mask should
> > be 0x3f.
> >
> > > + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * If it is correctable error, return.
> > > + */
> > > + if (mce_is_correctable(m))
> > > + return NOTIFY_OK;
> >
> > Shouldn't this be "NOTIFY_DONE" if "don't care" about this error?
>
> I think the logic here is to stop calling any further consumers on the notify chain
> because this is a GPU correctable error and they can't do anything about it
> anyway, right?

That's correct.

Regards,
Mukul

>
> Or am I misreading it?
>
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