diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 54509e44a856..095028894064 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -944,30 +944,18 @@ static ssize_t gpu_state_read(struct file *file, char __user *ubuf,
 			      size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct i915_gpu_state *error = file->private_data;
-	struct drm_i915_error_state_buf str;
-	ssize_t ret;
-	loff_t tmp;
+	const char *error_str;
+	size_t error_len;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!error)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = i915_error_state_buf_init(&str, error->i915, count, *pos);
+	ret = i915_error_state_to_str(error, &error_str, &error_len);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = i915_error_state_to_str(&str, error);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
-	tmp = 0;
-	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, &tmp, str.buf, str.bytes);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	*pos = str.start + ret;
-out:
-	i915_error_state_buf_release(&str);
-	return ret;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, pos, error_str, error_len);
 }
 
 static int gpu_state_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 8c81cf3aa182..4e8f1bbdbb07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -76,112 +76,78 @@ static const char *purgeable_flag(int purgeable)
 	return purgeable ? " purgeable" : "";
 }
 
-static bool __i915_error_ok(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e)
+static bool __i915_error_grow(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e, size_t len)
 {
-
-	if (!e->err && WARN(e->bytes > (e->size - 1), "overflow")) {
-		e->err = -ENOSPC;
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (e->bytes == e->size - 1 || e->err)
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-static bool __i915_error_seek(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e,
-			      unsigned len)
-{
-	if (e->pos + len <= e->start) {
-		e->pos += len;
+	if (!len)
 		return false;
-	}
-
-	/* First vsnprintf needs to fit in its entirety for memmove */
-	if (len >= e->size) {
-		e->err = -EIO;
-		return false;
-	}
 
-	return true;
-}
+	if (e->bytes + len + 1 > e->size) {
+		size_t size = PAGE_ALIGN(e->bytes + len + 1);
+		char *buf;
 
-static void __i915_error_advance(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e,
-				 unsigned len)
-{
-	/* If this is first printf in this window, adjust it so that
-	 * start position matches start of the buffer
-	 */
+		GEM_BUG_ON(size <= e->size);
 
-	if (e->pos < e->start) {
-		const size_t off = e->start - e->pos;
-
-		/* Should not happen but be paranoid */
-		if (off > len || e->bytes) {
-			e->err = -EIO;
-			return;
+		buf = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buf) {
+			e->err = -ENOMEM;
+			return false;
 		}
 
-		memmove(e->buf, e->buf + off, len - off);
-		e->bytes = len - off;
-		e->pos = e->start;
-		return;
+		GEM_BUG_ON(e->bytes > size);
+		memcpy(buf, e->buf, e->bytes);
+		kvfree(e->buf);
+
+		e->buf = buf;
+		e->size = size;
 	}
 
-	e->bytes += len;
-	e->pos += len;
+	return true;
 }
 
 __printf(2, 0)
 static void i915_error_vprintf(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e,
-			       const char *f, va_list args)
+			       const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
-	unsigned len;
+	va_list ap;
+	int len;
 
-	if (!__i915_error_ok(e))
+	if (e->err)
 		return;
 
-	/* Seek the first printf which is hits start position */
-	if (e->pos < e->start) {
-		va_list tmp;
-
-		va_copy(tmp, args);
-		len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, f, tmp);
-		va_end(tmp);
-
-		if (!__i915_error_seek(e, len))
-			return;
+	va_copy(ap, args);
+	len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (len <= 0) {
+		e->err = len;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	len = vsnprintf(e->buf + e->bytes, e->size - e->bytes, f, args);
-	if (len >= e->size - e->bytes)
-		len = e->size - e->bytes - 1;
+	if (!__i915_error_grow(e, len))
+		return;
 
-	__i915_error_advance(e, len);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(e->bytes >= e->size);
+	len = vscnprintf(e->buf + e->bytes, e->size - e->bytes, fmt, args);
+	if (len < 0) {
+		e->err = len;
+		return;
+	}
+	e->bytes += len;
 }
 
-static void i915_error_puts(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e,
-			    const char *str)
+static void i915_error_puts(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e, const char *str)
 {
 	unsigned len;
 
-	if (!__i915_error_ok(e))
+	if (e->err || !str)
 		return;
 
 	len = strlen(str);
+	if (!__i915_error_grow(e, len))
+		return;
 
-	/* Seek the first printf which is hits start position */
-	if (e->pos < e->start) {
-		if (!__i915_error_seek(e, len))
-			return;
-	}
-
-	if (len >= e->size - e->bytes)
-		len = e->size - e->bytes - 1;
+	GEM_BUG_ON(e->bytes + len > e->size);
 	memcpy(e->buf + e->bytes, str, len);
-
-	__i915_error_advance(e, len);
+	e->bytes += len;
 }
 
 #define err_printf(e, ...) i915_error_printf(e, __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -258,6 +224,8 @@ static int compress_page(struct compress *c,
 
 		if (zlib_deflate(zstream, Z_SYNC_FLUSH) != Z_OK)
 			return -EIO;
+
+		touch_nmi_watchdog();
 	} while (zstream->avail_in);
 
 	/* Fallback to uncompressed if we increase size? */
@@ -623,33 +591,43 @@ static void err_print_uc(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 	print_error_obj(m, NULL, "GuC log buffer", error_uc->guc_log);
 }
 
-int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
-			    const struct i915_gpu_state *error)
+int i915_error_state_to_str(struct i915_gpu_state *error,
+			    const char **str, size_t *len)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = m->i915;
+	struct drm_i915_error_state_buf m;
 	struct drm_i915_error_object *obj;
 	struct timespec64 ts;
 	int i, j;
 
 	if (!error) {
-		err_printf(m, "No error state collected\n");
+		*str = "No error state collected\n";
+		*len = strlen(*str);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	*str = READ_ONCE(error->buf);
+	if (*str) {
+		*len = error->bytes;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	memset(&m, 0, sizeof(m));
+	m.i915 = error->i915;
+
 	if (*error->error_msg)
-		err_printf(m, "%s\n", error->error_msg);
-	err_printf(m, "Kernel: " UTS_RELEASE "\n");
+		err_printf(&m, "%s\n", error->error_msg);
+	err_printf(&m, "Kernel: " UTS_RELEASE "\n");
 	ts = ktime_to_timespec64(error->time);
-	err_printf(m, "Time: %lld s %ld us\n",
+	err_printf(&m, "Time: %lld s %ld us\n",
 		   (s64)ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC);
 	ts = ktime_to_timespec64(error->boottime);
-	err_printf(m, "Boottime: %lld s %ld us\n",
+	err_printf(&m, "Boottime: %lld s %ld us\n",
 		   (s64)ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC);
 	ts = ktime_to_timespec64(error->uptime);
-	err_printf(m, "Uptime: %lld s %ld us\n",
+	err_printf(&m, "Uptime: %lld s %ld us\n",
 		   (s64)ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC);
-	err_printf(m, "Epoch: %lu jiffies (%u HZ)\n", error->epoch, HZ);
-	err_printf(m, "Capture: %lu jiffies; %d ms ago, %d ms after epoch\n",
+	err_printf(&m, "Epoch: %lu jiffies (%u HZ)\n", error->epoch, HZ);
+	err_printf(&m, "Capture: %lu jiffies; %d ms ago, %d ms after epoch\n",
 		   error->capture,
 		   jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - error->capture),
 		   jiffies_to_msecs(error->capture - error->epoch));
@@ -657,63 +635,63 @@ int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(error->engine); i++) {
 		if (error->engine[i].hangcheck_stalled &&
 		    error->engine[i].context.pid) {
-			err_printf(m, "Active process (on ring %s): %s [%d], score %d%s\n",
-				   engine_name(m->i915, i),
+			err_printf(&m, "Active process (on ring %s): %s [%d], score %d%s\n",
+				   engine_name(m.i915, i),
 				   error->engine[i].context.comm,
 				   error->engine[i].context.pid,
 				   error->engine[i].context.ban_score,
 				   bannable(&error->engine[i].context));
 		}
 	}
-	err_printf(m, "Reset count: %u\n", error->reset_count);
-	err_printf(m, "Suspend count: %u\n", error->suspend_count);
-	err_printf(m, "Platform: %s\n", intel_platform_name(error->device_info.platform));
-	err_print_pciid(m, error->i915);
+	err_printf(&m, "Reset count: %u\n", error->reset_count);
+	err_printf(&m, "Suspend count: %u\n", error->suspend_count);
+	err_printf(&m, "Platform: %s\n", intel_platform_name(error->device_info.platform));
+	err_print_pciid(&m, m.i915);
 
-	err_printf(m, "IOMMU enabled?: %d\n", error->iommu);
+	err_printf(&m, "IOMMU enabled?: %d\n", error->iommu);
 
-	if (HAS_CSR(dev_priv)) {
-		struct intel_csr *csr = &dev_priv->csr;
+	if (HAS_CSR(m.i915)) {
+		struct intel_csr *csr = &m.i915->csr;
 
-		err_printf(m, "DMC loaded: %s\n",
+		err_printf(&m, "DMC loaded: %s\n",
 			   yesno(csr->dmc_payload != NULL));
-		err_printf(m, "DMC fw version: %d.%d\n",
+		err_printf(&m, "DMC fw version: %d.%d\n",
 			   CSR_VERSION_MAJOR(csr->version),
 			   CSR_VERSION_MINOR(csr->version));
 	}
 
-	err_printf(m, "GT awake: %s\n", yesno(error->awake));
-	err_printf(m, "RPM wakelock: %s\n", yesno(error->wakelock));
-	err_printf(m, "PM suspended: %s\n", yesno(error->suspended));
-	err_printf(m, "EIR: 0x%08x\n", error->eir);
-	err_printf(m, "IER: 0x%08x\n", error->ier);
+	err_printf(&m, "GT awake: %s\n", yesno(error->awake));
+	err_printf(&m, "RPM wakelock: %s\n", yesno(error->wakelock));
+	err_printf(&m, "PM suspended: %s\n", yesno(error->suspended));
+	err_printf(&m, "EIR: 0x%08x\n", error->eir);
+	err_printf(&m, "IER: 0x%08x\n", error->ier);
 	for (i = 0; i < error->ngtier; i++)
-		err_printf(m, "GTIER[%d]: 0x%08x\n", i, error->gtier[i]);
-	err_printf(m, "PGTBL_ER: 0x%08x\n", error->pgtbl_er);
-	err_printf(m, "FORCEWAKE: 0x%08x\n", error->forcewake);
-	err_printf(m, "DERRMR: 0x%08x\n", error->derrmr);
-	err_printf(m, "CCID: 0x%08x\n", error->ccid);
-	err_printf(m, "Missed interrupts: 0x%08lx\n", dev_priv->gpu_error.missed_irq_rings);
+		err_printf(&m, "GTIER[%d]: 0x%08x\n", i, error->gtier[i]);
+	err_printf(&m, "PGTBL_ER: 0x%08x\n", error->pgtbl_er);
+	err_printf(&m, "FORCEWAKE: 0x%08x\n", error->forcewake);
+	err_printf(&m, "DERRMR: 0x%08x\n", error->derrmr);
+	err_printf(&m, "CCID: 0x%08x\n", error->ccid);
+	err_printf(&m, "Missed interrupts: 0x%08lx\n", m.i915->gpu_error.missed_irq_rings);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < error->nfence; i++)
-		err_printf(m, "  fence[%d] = %08llx\n", i, error->fence[i]);
+		err_printf(&m, "  fence[%d] = %08llx\n", i, error->fence[i]);
 
-	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 6) {
-		err_printf(m, "ERROR: 0x%08x\n", error->error);
+	if (INTEL_GEN(m.i915) >= 6) {
+		err_printf(&m, "ERROR: 0x%08x\n", error->error);
 
-		if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 8)
-			err_printf(m, "FAULT_TLB_DATA: 0x%08x 0x%08x\n",
+		if (INTEL_GEN(m.i915) >= 8)
+			err_printf(&m, "FAULT_TLB_DATA: 0x%08x 0x%08x\n",
 				   error->fault_data1, error->fault_data0);
 
-		err_printf(m, "DONE_REG: 0x%08x\n", error->done_reg);
+		err_printf(&m, "DONE_REG: 0x%08x\n", error->done_reg);
 	}
 
-	if (IS_GEN7(dev_priv))
-		err_printf(m, "ERR_INT: 0x%08x\n", error->err_int);
+	if (IS_GEN7(m.i915))
+		err_printf(&m, "ERR_INT: 0x%08x\n", error->err_int);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(error->engine); i++) {
 		if (error->engine[i].engine_id != -1)
-			error_print_engine(m, &error->engine[i], error->epoch);
+			error_print_engine(&m, &error->engine[i], error->epoch);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(error->active_vm); i++) {
@@ -730,16 +708,16 @@ int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 
 			len += scnprintf(buf + len, sizeof(buf), "%s%s",
 					 first ? "" : ", ",
-					 dev_priv->engine[j]->name);
+					 m.i915->engine[j]->name);
 			first = 0;
 		}
 		scnprintf(buf + len, sizeof(buf), ")");
-		print_error_buffers(m, buf,
+		print_error_buffers(&m, buf,
 				    error->active_bo[i],
 				    error->active_bo_count[i]);
 	}
 
-	print_error_buffers(m, "Pinned (global)",
+	print_error_buffers(&m, "Pinned (global)",
 			    error->pinned_bo,
 			    error->pinned_bo_count);
 
@@ -748,114 +726,90 @@ int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 
 		obj = ee->batchbuffer;
 		if (obj) {
-			err_puts(m, dev_priv->engine[i]->name);
+			err_puts(&m, m.i915->engine[i]->name);
 			if (ee->context.pid)
-				err_printf(m, " (submitted by %s [%d], ctx %d [%d], score %d%s)",
+				err_printf(&m, " (submitted by %s [%d], ctx %d [%d], score %d%s)",
 					   ee->context.comm,
 					   ee->context.pid,
 					   ee->context.handle,
 					   ee->context.hw_id,
 					   ee->context.ban_score,
 					   bannable(&ee->context));
-			err_printf(m, " --- gtt_offset = 0x%08x %08x\n",
+			err_printf(&m, " --- gtt_offset = 0x%08x %08x\n",
 				   upper_32_bits(obj->gtt_offset),
 				   lower_32_bits(obj->gtt_offset));
-			print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i], NULL, obj);
+			print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i], NULL, obj);
 		}
 
 		for (j = 0; j < ee->user_bo_count; j++)
-			print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+			print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 					"user", ee->user_bo[j]);
 
 		if (ee->num_requests) {
-			err_printf(m, "%s --- %d requests\n",
-				   dev_priv->engine[i]->name,
+			err_printf(&m, "%s --- %d requests\n",
+				   m.i915->engine[i]->name,
 				   ee->num_requests);
 			for (j = 0; j < ee->num_requests; j++)
-				error_print_request(m, " ",
+				error_print_request(&m, " ",
 						    &ee->requests[j],
 						    error->epoch);
 		}
 
 		if (IS_ERR(ee->waiters)) {
-			err_printf(m, "%s --- ? waiters [unable to acquire spinlock]\n",
-				   dev_priv->engine[i]->name);
+			err_printf(&m, "%s --- ? waiters [unable to acquire spinlock]\n",
+				   m.i915->engine[i]->name);
 		} else if (ee->num_waiters) {
-			err_printf(m, "%s --- %d waiters\n",
-				   dev_priv->engine[i]->name,
+			err_printf(&m, "%s --- %d waiters\n",
+				   m.i915->engine[i]->name,
 				   ee->num_waiters);
 			for (j = 0; j < ee->num_waiters; j++) {
-				err_printf(m, " seqno 0x%08x for %s [%d]\n",
+				err_printf(&m, " seqno 0x%08x for %s [%d]\n",
 					   ee->waiters[j].seqno,
 					   ee->waiters[j].comm,
 					   ee->waiters[j].pid);
 			}
 		}
 
-		print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+		print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 				"ringbuffer", ee->ringbuffer);
 
-		print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+		print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 				"HW Status", ee->hws_page);
 
-		print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+		print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 				"HW context", ee->ctx);
 
-		print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+		print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 				"WA context", ee->wa_ctx);
 
-		print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+		print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 				"WA batchbuffer", ee->wa_batchbuffer);
 
-		print_error_obj(m, dev_priv->engine[i],
+		print_error_obj(&m, m.i915->engine[i],
 				"NULL context", ee->default_state);
 	}
 
 	if (error->overlay)
-		intel_overlay_print_error_state(m, error->overlay);
+		intel_overlay_print_error_state(&m, error->overlay);
 
 	if (error->display)
-		intel_display_print_error_state(m, error->display);
-
-	err_print_capabilities(m, &error->device_info, &error->driver_caps);
-	err_print_params(m, &error->params);
-	err_print_uc(m, &error->uc);
+		intel_display_print_error_state(&m, error->display);
 
-	if (m->bytes == 0 && m->err)
-		return m->err;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int i915_error_state_buf_init(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *ebuf,
-			      struct drm_i915_private *i915,
-			      size_t count, loff_t pos)
-{
-	memset(ebuf, 0, sizeof(*ebuf));
-	ebuf->i915 = i915;
+	err_print_capabilities(&m, &error->device_info, &error->driver_caps);
+	err_print_params(&m, &error->params);
+	err_print_uc(&m, &error->uc);
 
-	/* We need to have enough room to store any i915_error_state printf
-	 * so that we can move it to start position.
-	 */
-	ebuf->size = count + 1 > PAGE_SIZE ? count + 1 : PAGE_SIZE;
-	ebuf->buf = kmalloc(ebuf->size,
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
-
-	if (ebuf->buf == NULL) {
-		ebuf->size = PAGE_SIZE;
-		ebuf->buf = kmalloc(ebuf->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	}
-
-	if (ebuf->buf == NULL) {
-		ebuf->size = 128;
-		ebuf->buf = kmalloc(ebuf->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (m.err) {
+		kvfree(m.buf);
+		return m.err;
 	}
 
-	if (ebuf->buf == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ebuf->start = pos;
+	error->bytes = m.bytes;
+	if (cmpxchg(&error->buf, NULL, m.buf))
+		kvfree(m.buf);
 
+	*len = error->bytes;
+	*str = error->buf;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -929,6 +883,7 @@ void __i915_gpu_state_free(struct kref *error_ref)
 	cleanup_params(error);
 	cleanup_uc_state(error);
 
+	kvfree(error->buf);
 	kfree(error);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.h
index f893a4e8b783..aa4e2d8893a1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <drm/drm_mm.h>
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ struct i915_gpu_state {
 	} *active_bo[I915_NUM_ENGINES], *pinned_bo;
 	u32 active_bo_count[I915_NUM_ENGINES], pinned_bo_count;
 	struct i915_address_space *active_vm[I915_NUM_ENGINES];
+
+	const char *buf;
+	size_t bytes;
 };
 
 struct i915_gpu_error {
@@ -297,29 +301,19 @@ struct i915_gpu_error {
 
 struct drm_i915_error_state_buf {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
-	unsigned int bytes;
-	unsigned int size;
+	char *buf;
+
+	size_t bytes;
+	size_t size;
 	int err;
-	u8 *buf;
-	loff_t start;
-	loff_t pos;
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_CAPTURE_ERROR)
 
 __printf(2, 3)
 void i915_error_printf(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e, const char *f, ...);
-int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *estr,
-			    const struct i915_gpu_state *gpu);
-int i915_error_state_buf_init(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *eb,
-			      struct drm_i915_private *i915,
-			      size_t count, loff_t pos);
-
-static inline void
-i915_error_state_buf_release(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *eb)
-{
-	kfree(eb->buf);
-}
+int i915_error_state_to_str(struct i915_gpu_state *error,
+			    const char **str, size_t *len);
 
 struct i915_gpu_state *i915_capture_gpu_state(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
index e5e6f6bb2b05..a0d54eb48700 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
@@ -516,27 +516,21 @@ static ssize_t error_state_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 {
 
 	struct device *kdev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = kdev_minor_to_i915(kdev);
-	struct drm_i915_error_state_buf error_str;
-	struct i915_gpu_state *gpu;
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = kdev_minor_to_i915(kdev);
+	struct i915_gpu_state *gpu = i915_first_error_state(i915);
+	const char *error_str;
+	size_t error_len;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	ret = i915_error_state_buf_init(&error_str, dev_priv, count, off);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	gpu = i915_first_error_state(dev_priv);
-	ret = i915_error_state_to_str(&error_str, gpu);
+	ret = i915_error_state_to_str(gpu, &error_str, &error_len);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = count < error_str.bytes ? count : error_str.bytes;
-	memcpy(buf, error_str.buf, ret);
+	ret = min_t(size_t, count, error_len - off);
+	memcpy(buf, error_str + off, ret);
 
 out:
 	i915_gpu_state_put(gpu);
-	i915_error_state_buf_release(&error_str);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
