Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi/cper, cxl: Decode CXL Protocol Errors CPER

From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue Oct 25 2022 - 20:11:48 EST


Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> On 10/21/2022 3:18 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> > Hi Smita,
> >
> > Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> >> This series adds decoding for the CXL Protocol Errors Common Platform
> >> Error Record.
> > Be sure to copy Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>, added, on
> > drivers/firmware/efi/ patches.
> >
> > Along those lines, drivers/cxl/ developers have an idea of what is
> > contained in the new CXL protocol error records and why Linux might want
> > to decode them, others from outside drivers/cxl/ might not. It always
> > helps to have a small summary of the benefit to end users of the
> > motivation to apply a patch set.
>
> Sure, will include in my v2.
>
> >
> >> Smita Koralahalli (2):
> >> efi/cper, cxl: Decode CXL Protocol Error Section
> >> efi/cper, cxl: Decode CXL Error Log
> >>
> >> drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 2 +-
> >> drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 9 +++
> >> drivers/firmware/efi/cper_cxl.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> drivers/firmware/efi/cper_cxl.h | 58 +++++++++++++++++
> >> include/linux/cxl_err.h | 21 +++++++
> >> 5 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > I notice no updates for the trace events in ghes_do_proc(), is that next
> > in your queue? That's ok to be a follow-on after v2.
>
> Sorry, if I haven't understood this right. Are you implying about the
> "handling"
> of cxl memory errors in ghes_do_proc() or is it just copying of CPER
> entries to
> tracepoints?

Right now ghes_do_proc() will let the CXL CPER records fall through to
log_non_standard_event(). Are you planning to add trace event decode
there for CPER_SEC_CXL_PROT_ERR records?

I am not sure if the CXL CPER to trace record conversion belongs there,
or somewhere closer to trace_aer_event() invocations since the CXL
protocol errors are effectively an extenstion of PCI AER events.