Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, mce: support memory error recovery for both UCNA and Deferred error in machine_check_poll

From: Chen Yucong
Date: Tue Oct 28 2014 - 22:16:40 EST


On Mon, 2014-10-27 at 23:10 +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> + m->mcgstatus |= (MCG_STATUS_MCIP|MCG_STATUS_RIPV);
> + severity = mce_severity(m, mca_cfg.tolerant, NULL);
>
> This seems a big hack to make mce_severity() work when called from
> CMCI context (when MCG_STATUS register is not set). It would also
> be confusing as the subsequent logged entries would show MCIP and RIPV
> bits set in the mcg_status.
>
> If someone can think of a less hacky way to do this, that would be good. Otherwise
> the code needs a comment, and should reset m->mcg_status to avoid making logs
> that have incorrect data.
>
Hi all,

At the suggestion of Tony, this patch add a comment, and restore m->mcgstatus to avoid
making logs that have incorrect data.

thx!
cyc

From: Chen Yucong <slaoub@xxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Chen Yucong <slaoub@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index fdc422e..d285d26 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -575,6 +575,56 @@ static void mce_read_aux(struct mce *m, int i)
}
}

+static bool mem_deferred_error(struct mce *m)
+{
+ int severity;
+ u8 mcgs = m->mcgstatus & 0xff;
+ struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
+
+ /*
+ * mce_severity is specific to machine check exception, and it will
+ * check MCIP/EIPV/RIPV bits. In order to get pass the check, we need
+ * to set MCIP and RIPV.
+ */
+ m->mcgstatus |= (MCG_STATUS_MCIP|MCG_STATUS_RIPV);
+ severity = mce_severity(m, mca_cfg.tolerant, NULL);
+
+ /* restore the original value of m->mcgstatus */
+ m->mcgstatus = (m->mcgstatus & ~0xff) | mcgs;
+
+ if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
+ /*
+ * AMD BKDGs - Machine Check Error Codes
+ *
+ * Bit 8 of ErrCode[15:0] of MCi_STATUS is used for indicating
+ * a memory-specific error. Note that this field encodes info-
+ * rmation about memory-hierarchy level involved in the error.
+ */
+ if (severity == MCE_DEFERRED_SEVERITY)
+ return (m->status & 0xff00) == BIT(8);
+ } else if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
+ /*
+ * Intel SDM Volume 3B - 15.9.2 Compound Error Codes
+ *
+ * Bit 7 of the MCACOD field of IA32_MCi_STATUS is used for
+ * indicating a memory error. Bit 8 is used for indicating a
+ * cache hierarchy error. The combination of bit 2 and bit 3
+ * is used for indicating a `generic' cache hierarchy error
+ * But we can't just blindly check the above bits, because if
+ * bit 11 is set, then it is a bus/interconnect error - and
+ * either way the above bits just gives more detail on what
+ * bus/interconnect error happened. Note that bit 12 can be
+ * ignored, as it's the "filter" bit.
+ */
+ if (severity == MCE_UCNA_SEVERITY)
+ return (m->status & 0xef80) == BIT(7) ||
+ (m->status & 0xef00) == BIT(8) ||
+ (m->status & 0xeffc) == 0xc;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, mce_poll_count);

/*
@@ -630,6 +680,16 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)

if (!(flags & MCP_TIMESTAMP))
m.tsc = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * In the cases where we don't have a valid address after all,
+ * do not add it into the ring buffer.
+ */
+ if (mem_deferred_error(&m) && (m.status & MCI_STATUS_ADDRV)) {
+ mce_ring_add(m.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ mce_schedule_work();
+ }
+
/*
* Don't get the IP here because it's unlikely to
* have anything to do with the actual error location.
@@ -1098,8 +1158,8 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
severity = mce_severity(&m, cfg->tolerant, NULL);

/*
- * When machine check was for corrected handler don't touch,
- * unless we're panicing.
+ * When machine check was for corrected/deferred handler don't
+ * touch, unless we're panicing.
*/
if ((severity == MCE_KEEP_SEVERITY ||
severity == MCE_UCNA_SEVERITY) && !no_way_out)
--
1.7.10.4



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