From patchwork Fri Aug 18 19:46:42 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Kani, Toshi" X-Patchwork-Id: 9909891 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C43E60382 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:57:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FEC428D53 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:57:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 84DBD28D55; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:57:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A32928D59 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:57:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752293AbdHRT46 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:56:58 -0400 Received: from g2t2353.austin.hpe.com ([15.233.44.26]:32994 "EHLO g2t2353.austin.hpe.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752484AbdHRT4j (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:56:39 -0400 Received: from g2t2360.austin.hpecorp.net (g2t2360.austin.hpecorp.net [16.196.225.135]) by g2t2353.austin.hpe.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335AD48; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from misato.americas.hpqcorp.net (unknown [10.34.81.122]) by g2t2360.austin.hpecorp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67BF49; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:56:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Toshi Kani To: rjw@rjwysocki.net, bp@alien8.de Cc: mchehab@kernel.org, tony.luck@intel.com, lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Toshi Kani Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:46:42 -0600 Message-Id: <20170818194644.14538-4-toshi.kani@hpe.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.4 In-Reply-To: <20170818194644.14538-1-toshi.kani@hpe.com> References: <20170818194644.14538-1-toshi.kani@hpe.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP The ghes_edac driver was introduced in 2013 [1], but it has not been enabled by any distro yet. This driver obtains error info from firmware interfaces, which are not properly implemented on many platforms, as the driver always emits the messages below: This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get error reports. Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout correctly So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to vendor If you find incorrect reports, please contact your hardware vendor to correct its BIOS. To get out from this situation, add a platform check to selectively enable the driver on the platforms that are known to have proper firmware implementation. Platform vendors can add their platforms to the list when they support ghes_edac. "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips this platform check. [1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/538438/ Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Tony Luck --- drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c index 4e61a62..367e106 100644 --- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c +++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(ghes_reglist); static DEFINE_MUTEX(ghes_edac_lock); static int ghes_edac_mc_num; +/* Set 1 to skip the platform check */ +static bool __read_mostly ghes_edac_force_load; +module_param_named(force_load, ghes_edac_force_load, bool, 0); /* Memory Device - Type 17 of SMBIOS spec */ struct memdev_dmi_entry { @@ -405,6 +408,15 @@ void ghes_edac_report_mem_error(struct ghes *ghes, int sev, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ghes_edac_report_mem_error); +/* + * Known systems that are safe to enable this module. + * "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips this check if necessary. + */ +static struct acpi_platform_list plat_list[] = { + {"HPE ", "Server ", 0, ACPI_SIG_FADT, all_versions}, + { } /* End */ +}; + int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev) { bool fake = false; @@ -413,6 +425,12 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev) struct edac_mc_layer layers[1]; struct ghes_edac_pvt *pvt; struct ghes_edac_dimm_fill dimm_fill; + int idx; + + /* Check if safe to enable on this system */ + idx = acpi_match_platform_list(plat_list); + if (!ghes_edac_force_load && idx < 0) + return 0; /* Get the number of DIMMs */ dmi_walk(ghes_edac_count_dimms, &num_dimm); @@ -456,7 +474,11 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev) mci->dev_name = "ghes"; if (!ghes_edac_mc_num) { - if (!fake) { + if (fake) { + pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n"); + pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n"); + pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n"); + } else if (idx < 0) { pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get error reports.\n"); pr_info("Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout correctly.\n"); pr_info("So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to vendor.\n"); @@ -464,10 +486,6 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev) pr_info("to correct its BIOS.\n"); pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n", num_dimm); - } else { - pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n"); - pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n"); - pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n"); } }