Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86, mce: Recognise machine check bank signature fordata path error

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Dec 14 2011 - 10:47:52 EST


On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 02:49:09PM -0800, Tony Luck wrote:
> Action required data path signature is defined in table 15-19 of SDM:
>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | SRAR Error | Valid | OVER | UC | EN | MISCV | ADDRV | PCC | S | AR | MCACOD |
> | Data Load | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x134 |
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>
> Recognise this, and pass MCE_AR_SEVERITY code back to do_machine_check()
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c
> index 7395d5f..c4d8b24 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static struct severity {
> #define MASK(x, y) .mask = x, .result = y
> #define MCI_UC_S (MCI_STATUS_UC|MCI_STATUS_S)
> #define MCI_UC_SAR (MCI_STATUS_UC|MCI_STATUS_S|MCI_STATUS_AR)
> +#define MCI_ADDR (MCI_STATUS_ADDRV|MCI_STATUS_MISCV)
> #define MCACOD 0xffff
>
> MCESEV(
> @@ -102,11 +103,22 @@ static struct severity {
> SER, BITCLR(MCI_STATUS_S)
> ),
>
> - /* AR add known MCACODs here */
> MCESEV(
> PANIC, "Action required with lost events",
> SER, BITSET(MCI_STATUS_OVER|MCI_UC_SAR)
> ),
> +
> + /* known AR MCACODs: */
> + MCESEV(
> + KEEP, "HT thread notices Action required: data load error",
> + SER, MASK(MCI_STATUS_OVER|MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|MCACOD, MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|0x0134),
> + MCGMASK(MCG_STATUS_EIPV, 0)

Oh this is the core "observed" the error case, ok.

This is marked as MCE_KEEP_SEVERITY, which means that we're panicking
in case we lose the AR error on the affected CPU. Which should be
conservative enough...

ACK.

> + ),
> + MCESEV(
> + AR, "Action required: data load error",
> + SER, MASK(MCI_STATUS_OVER|MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|MCACOD, MCI_UC_SAR|MCI_ADDR|0x0134),
> + USER
> + ),
> MCESEV(
> PANIC, "Action required: unknown MCACOD",
> SER, MASK(MCI_STATUS_OVER|MCI_UC_SAR, MCI_UC_SAR)
> --
> 1.7.3.1
>
>

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Boris.

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