Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ACPI: APEI: GHES: Extract helper functions for error status handling

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Fri Jan 09 2026 - 16:23:04 EST


On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 6:42 AM Shuai Xue <xueshuai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 1/5/26 1:12 PM, Donglin Peng wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM Shuai Xue <xueshuai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Refactors the GHES driver by extracting common functionality into
> >> reusable helper functions:
> >>
> >> 1. ghes_has_active_errors() - Checks if any error sources in a given list
> >> have active errors
> >> 2. ghes_map_error_status() - Maps error status address to virtual address
> >> 3. ghes_unmap_error_status() - Unmaps error status virtual address
> >>
> >> These helpers eliminate code duplication in the NMI path and prepare for
> >> similar usage in the SEA path in a subsequent patch.
> >>
> >> No functional change intended.
> >>
> >> Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >> 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> >> index 0e97d50b0240..7600063fe263 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> >> @@ -1406,6 +1406,75 @@ static int ghes_in_nmi_spool_from_list(struct list_head *rcu_list,
> >> return ret;
> >> }
> >>
> >> +/**
> >> + * ghes_has_active_errors - Check if there are active errors in error sources
> >> + * @ghes_list: List of GHES entries to check for active errors
> >> + *
> >> + * This function iterates through all GHES entries in the given list and
> >> + * checks if any of them has active error status by reading the error
> >> + * status register.
> >> + *
> >> + * Return: true if at least one source has active error, false otherwise.
> >> + */
> >> +static bool __maybe_unused ghes_has_active_errors(struct list_head *ghes_list)
> >> +{
> >> + bool active_error = false;
> >> + struct ghes *ghes;
> >> +
> >> + rcu_read_lock();
> >
> > Nit: Use `guard(rcu)()` instead of explicit
> > `rcu_read_lock()`/`rcu_read_unlock()`.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Donglin
> >
>
> Hi, Donglin,
>
> Good point. Will fix in next version.

If you do so, you may also get rid of the active_error local variable.