Re: [PATCH] EDAC, ghes: use CPER module handles to locate DIMMs

From: James Morse
Date: Thu Aug 30 2018 - 06:48:23 EST


Hi Fan,

On 29/08/18 19:33, Fan Wu wrote:
> The current ghes_edac driver does not update per-dimm error
> counters when reporting memory errors, because there is no
> platform-independent way to find DIMMs based on the error
> information provided by firmware.

I'd argue there is: its in the CPER records, we just didn't do anything useful
with the information in the past!


> This patch offers a solution
> for platforms whose firmwares provide valid module handles
> (SMBIOS type 17) in error records. In this case ghes_edac will
> use the module handles to locate DIMMs and thus makes per-dimm
> error reporting possible.


> diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> index 473aeec..db527f0 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,26 @@ static void ghes_edac_count_dimms(const struct dmi_header *dh, void *arg)
> (*num_dimm)++;
> }
>
> +static int ghes_edac_dimm_index(u16 handle)
> +{
> + struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
> + int i;
> +
> + if (!ghes_pvt)
> + return -1;

ghes_edac_report_mem_error() already checked this, as its the only caller there
is no need to check it again.


> + mci = ghes_pvt->mci;
> +
> + if (!mci)
> + return -1;

Can this happen? ghes_edac_report_mem_error() would have dereferenced this already!

If you need the struct mem_ctl_info, you may as well pass it in as the only
caller has it to hand.


> +
> + for (i = 0; i < mci->tot_dimms; i++) {
> + if (mci->dimms[i]->smbios_handle == handle)
> + return i;
> + }
> + return -1;
> +}
> +
> static void ghes_edac_dmidecode(const struct dmi_header *dh, void *arg)
> {
> struct ghes_edac_dimm_fill *dimm_fill = arg;
> @@ -177,6 +197,8 @@ static void ghes_edac_dmidecode(const struct dmi_header *dh, void *arg)
> entry->total_width, entry->data_width);
> }
>
> + dimm->smbios_handle = entry->handle;

We aren't checking for duplicate handles, (e.g. they're all zero). I think this
is fine as chances are firmware on those systems won't set
CPER_MEM_VALID_MODULE_HANDLE. If it does, the handle it gives us is ambiguous,
and we pick a dimm, instead of whine-ing about broken firmware tables.

(I'm just drawing attention to it in case someone disagrees)


> dimm_fill->count++;
> }
> }
> @@ -327,12 +349,20 @@ void ghes_edac_report_mem_error(int sev, struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem_err)
> p += sprintf(p, "bit_pos:%d ", mem_err->bit_pos);
> if (mem_err->validation_bits & CPER_MEM_VALID_MODULE_HANDLE) {
> const char *bank = NULL, *device = NULL;
> + int index = -1;
> +
> dmi_memdev_name(mem_err->mem_dev_handle, &bank, &device);

> + p += sprintf(p, "DIMM DMI handle: 0x%.4x ",
> + mem_err->mem_dev_handle);
> if (bank != NULL && device != NULL)
> p += sprintf(p, "DIMM location:%s %s ", bank, device);
> - else
> - p += sprintf(p, "DIMM DMI handle: 0x%.4x ",
> - mem_err->mem_dev_handle);

Why do we now print the handle every time? The handle is pretty meaningless, it
can only be used to find the location-strings, if we get those we print them
instead.


> + index = ghes_edac_dimm_index(mem_err->mem_dev_handle);
> + if (index >= 0) {
> + e->top_layer = index;
> + e->enable_per_layer_report = true;
> + }
> +
> }
> if (p > e->location)
> *(p - 1) = '\0';

Looks good to me!


Thanks,

James