Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] efi/cper: Export cper_mem_err_unpack() for use by modules

From: Robert Richter
Date: Fri Apr 14 2023 - 08:45:12 EST


On 14.04.23 12:48:05, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:40:10 -0500
> Terry Bowman <Terry.Bowman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > On 4/13/23 11:08, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > > On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:02:58 -0500
> > > Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The CXL driver plans to use cper_print_aer() for restricted CXL host (RCH)
> > >> logging. This is not currently possible if CXL is built as a loadable
> > >> module because cper_print_aer() depends on cper_mem_err_unpack() which
> > >> is not exported.
> > >>
> > >> Export cper_mem_err_unpack() to enable cper_print_aer() usage in
> > >> CXL and other loadable modules.
> > >
> > > No problem with the export, but I'm struggling to see the path that needs it.
> > > Could you give a little more detail, perhaps a call path?
> > >
> >
> > The cper_print_aer() is used to log RCH dport AER errors. This is needed
> > because the RCH dport AER errors are not handled directly by the AER port
> > driver. I'll add these details to the patch.
>
> Ah. I wasn't particularly clear. cper_print_aer() is fine, but oddly
> I'm not seeing where that results in a call to cper_mem_err_unpack()
>
> More than possible my grep skills are failing me!

No worries, it is used in some odd tracepoint macro magic included
with ras_event.h.

-Robert