Re: [Patch v3 03/11] driver/edac/mpc85xx_edac: Drop setting/clearing RFXE bit in HID1

[york sun]

On 08/08/2016 12:11 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 03:58:28PM -0700, York Sun wrote:
>> On e500v1, read fault exception enable (RFXE) controls whether
>> assertion of core_fault_in causes a machine check interrupt.
>> Assertion of core_fault_in can result from uncorrectable data
>> error, such as  an L2 multibit ECC error. It can also occur from
>> a system error if logic on the integrated device signals a fault
>> for nonfatal errors. RFXE bit is cleared out of reset, and should
>> be left clear for normal operation. Assertion of core_fault_in does
>> not cause a machine check.
>>
>> RFXE is set specifically for RIO (Rapid IO) and PCI for book E to
>> catch the errors by machine check. With this bit set, EDAC driver
>> can't get the interrupt in case of uncorrectable error. So this
>> bit is cleared in favor of EDAC. However, the benefit of catching
>> such uncorrectable error doesn't outweight the other errors which
>> may hang the system. Beside, e500v2 has different errors maksed
>> by RFXE, and e500mc doesn't support this bit. It is more reasonable
>> to leave RFXE as is in EDAC driver, and leave the uncorrectable
>> errors triggering machine check for e500v1.
>
> Very nice, thanks for expanding it!
>
> Two final remarks:
>
> - please use a spell checker
>
> - now, what happens if you leave RFXE clear and mpc85xx_edac gets the
> error? Is it going to do proper error handling of the uncorrectable
> error or are we better off handling the error in the #MC interrupt
> handler?
>
> IOW, is mpc85xx_edac well equipped to handle those multibit errors or
> should we leave the current setting as is?
>

RFXE is cleared by default. So for most SoCs, this is not even a concern 
at all. But for e500v1, when RIO or PCI are used, this bit is set 
specifically to catch an error by machine check (see commit 4e0e3435). 
This is not the uncorrectable error from DDR. We will be better off to 
let this error happen.

York