Re: [PATCH v5] x86/mce: Check for writes ignored in MCA_STATUS register

[Smita Koralahalli]

Hi Boris,

On 6/22/2022 10:29 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 07:25:15PM +0000, Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> >   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c   | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/internal.h |  2 +-
> >   2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> I've simplified, improved and removed some stuff. See if that still
> works on that platform which ignores writes.

I tested out the patch. Its not behaving as expected. The module fails 
silently
again.
> +	cpu = get_cpu();
> +
> +	for (bank = 0; bank < MAX_NR_BANKS; ++bank) {
> +		u64 status = MCI_STATUS_VAL, ipid;
> +
> +		/* Check whether bank is populated */
> +		rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_IPID(bank), ipid);
> +		if (!ipid)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		toggle_hw_mce_inject(cpu, true);
> +
> +		if (wrmsrl_safe(mca_msr_reg(bank, MCA_STATUS), status)) {

The wrmsrl_safe() doesn't throw an error here.
I think we need to read back the written value and check for it whatsoever.
What do you think?

Thanks,
Smita
> +			hw_injection_possible = false;
> +			pr_warn("Platform does not allow *hardware* error injection."
> +				"Try using APEI EINJ instead.\n");
> +		}
> +
> +		toggle_hw_mce_inject(cpu, false);
> +
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	put_cpu();
> +}