Re: [PATCH 02/11] acpi/ghes: add a firmware file with HEST address

[Igor Mammedov]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:46:19 +0100
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Store HEST table address at GPA, placing its content at
> hest_addr_le variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> Change from v8:
> - hest_addr_lr is now pointing to the error source size and data.

that's confusing, variable name say it's HEST table address,
while in practice it's (that + offset).

I'd very much prefer it being table start and then you'd add
offset later on where it's going to be used.  

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  hw/acpi/ghes.c         | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>  include/hw/acpi/ghes.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/acpi/ghes.c b/hw/acpi/ghes.c
> index 3f519ccab90d..34e3364d3fd8 100644
> --- a/hw/acpi/ghes.c
> +++ b/hw/acpi/ghes.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>  
>  #define ACPI_HW_ERROR_FW_CFG_FILE           "etc/hardware_errors"
>  #define ACPI_HW_ERROR_ADDR_FW_CFG_FILE      "etc/hardware_errors_addr"
> +#define ACPI_HEST_ADDR_FW_CFG_FILE          "etc/acpi_table_hest_addr"
>  
>  /* The max size in bytes for one error block */
>  #define ACPI_GHES_MAX_RAW_DATA_LENGTH   (1 * KiB)
> @@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ static void build_ghes_error_table(GArray *hardware_errors, BIOSLinker *linker,
>      }
>  
>      /*
> -     * tell firmware to write hardware_errors GPA into
> +     * Tell firmware to write hardware_errors GPA into

drop this hunk as it's not related to  the patch

>       * hardware_errors_addr fw_cfg, once the former has been initialized.
>       */
>      bios_linker_loader_write_pointer(linker, ACPI_HW_ERROR_ADDR_FW_CFG_FILE, 0,
> @@ -355,6 +356,8 @@ void acpi_build_hest(GArray *table_data, GArray *hardware_errors,
>  
>      acpi_table_begin(&table, table_data);
>  
> +    int hest_offset = table_data->len;
> +
>      /* Error Source Count */
>      build_append_int_noprefix(table_data, num_sources, 4);
>      for (i = 0; i < num_sources; i++) {
> @@ -362,6 +365,15 @@ void acpi_build_hest(GArray *table_data, GArray *hardware_errors,
>      }
>  
>      acpi_table_end(linker, &table);
> +
> +    /*
> +     * tell firmware to write into GPA the address of HEST via fw_cfg,
> +     * once initialized.
> +     */
> +    bios_linker_loader_write_pointer(linker,
> +                                     ACPI_HEST_ADDR_FW_CFG_FILE, 0,
> +                                     sizeof(uint64_t),
> +                                     ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, hest_offset);
>  }
>  
>  void acpi_ghes_add_fw_cfg(AcpiGhesState *ags, FWCfgState *s,
> @@ -375,6 +387,9 @@ void acpi_ghes_add_fw_cfg(AcpiGhesState *ags, FWCfgState *s,
>      fw_cfg_add_file_callback(s, ACPI_HW_ERROR_ADDR_FW_CFG_FILE, NULL, NULL,
>          NULL, &(ags->hw_error_le), sizeof(ags->hw_error_le), false);
>  
> +    fw_cfg_add_file_callback(s, ACPI_HEST_ADDR_FW_CFG_FILE, NULL, NULL,
> +        NULL, &(ags->hest_addr_le), sizeof(ags->hest_addr_le), false);
> +
>      ags->present = true;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h b/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h
> index 9f0120d0d596..237721fec0a2 100644
> --- a/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h
> +++ b/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ enum AcpiGhesNotifyType {
>  };
>  
>  typedef struct AcpiGhesState {
> +    uint64_t hest_addr_le;
>      uint64_t hw_error_le;
>      bool present; /* True if GHES is present at all on this board */
>  } AcpiGhesState;