[PATCH v3] ACPI: APEI: Skip initialization of GHES_ASSIST structures for Machine Check Architecture

[Naik, Avadhut]

Hi,

Any further comments on this patch?

On 12/18/2023 11:13 AM, Avadhut Naik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Any further feedback on this patch?
> 
> On 12/4/2023 13:25, Avadhut Naik wrote:
>> To support GHES_ASSIST on Machine Check Architecture (MCA) error sources,
>> a set of GHES structures is provided by the system firmware for each MCA
>> error source. Each of these sets consists of a GHES structure for each MCA
>> bank on each logical CPU, with all structures of a set sharing a common
>> Related Source ID, equal to the Source ID of one of the MCA error source
>> structures.[1] On SOCs with large core counts, this typically equates to
>> tens of thousands of GHES_ASSIST structures for MCA under
>> "/sys/bus/platform/drivers/GHES".
>>
>> Support for GHES_ASSIST however, hasn't been implemented in the kernel. As
>> such, the information provided through these structures is not consumed by
>> Linux. Moreover, these GHES_ASSIST structures for MCA, which are supposed
>> to provide supplemental information in context of an error reported by
>> hardware, are setup as independent error sources by the kernel during HEST
>> initialization.
>>
>> Additionally, if the Type field of the Notification structure, associated
>> with these GHES_ASSIST structures for MCA, is set to Polled, the kernel
>> sets up a timer for each individual structure. The duration of the timer
>> is derived from the Poll Interval field of the Notification structure. On
>> SOCs with high core counts, this will result in tens of thousands of
>> timers expiring periodically causing unnecessary preemptions and wastage
>> of CPU cycles. The problem will particularly intensify if Poll Interval
>> duration is not sufficiently high.
>>
>> Since GHES_ASSIST support is not present in kernel, skip initialization
>> of GHES_ASSIST structures for MCA to eliminate their performance impact.
>>
>> [1] ACPI specification 6.5, section 18.7
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@xxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> 1.	Since is_ghes_assist_struct() returns if any of the conditions is hit
>> if-else-if chain is redundant. Replace it with just if statements.
>> 2.	Fix formatting errors.
>> 3.	Add Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> 1. Modify structure (mces) comment, per Tony's recommendation, to better
>> reflect the structure's usage.
>> ---
>>  drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
>> index 6aef1ee5e1bd..20d757687e3d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
>> @@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hest_disable);
>>  
>>  static struct acpi_table_hest *__read_mostly hest_tab;
>>  
>> +/*
>> + * Since GHES_ASSIST is not supported, skip initialization of GHES_ASSIST
>> + * structures for MCA.
>> + * During HEST parsing, detected MCA error sources are cached from early
>> + * table entries so that the Flags and Source Id fields from these cached
>> + * values are then referred to in later table entries to determine if the
>> + * encountered GHES_ASSIST structure should be initialized.
>> + */
>> +static struct {
>> +	struct acpi_hest_ia_corrected *cmc;
>> +	struct acpi_hest_ia_machine_check *mc;
>> +	struct acpi_hest_ia_deferred_check *dmc;
>> +} mces;
>> +
>>  static const int hest_esrc_len_tab[ACPI_HEST_TYPE_RESERVED] = {
>>  	[ACPI_HEST_TYPE_IA32_CHECK] = -1,	/* need further calculation */
>>  	[ACPI_HEST_TYPE_IA32_CORRECTED_CHECK] = -1,
>> @@ -70,22 +84,54 @@ static int hest_esrc_len(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr)
>>  		cmc = (struct acpi_hest_ia_corrected *)hest_hdr;
>>  		len = sizeof(*cmc) + cmc->num_hardware_banks *
>>  			sizeof(struct acpi_hest_ia_error_bank);
>> +		mces.cmc = cmc;
>>  	} else if (hest_type == ACPI_HEST_TYPE_IA32_CHECK) {
>>  		struct acpi_hest_ia_machine_check *mc;
>>  		mc = (struct acpi_hest_ia_machine_check *)hest_hdr;
>>  		len = sizeof(*mc) + mc->num_hardware_banks *
>>  			sizeof(struct acpi_hest_ia_error_bank);
>> +		mces.mc = mc;
>>  	} else if (hest_type == ACPI_HEST_TYPE_IA32_DEFERRED_CHECK) {
>>  		struct acpi_hest_ia_deferred_check *mc;
>>  		mc = (struct acpi_hest_ia_deferred_check *)hest_hdr;
>>  		len = sizeof(*mc) + mc->num_hardware_banks *
>>  			sizeof(struct acpi_hest_ia_error_bank);
>> +		mces.dmc = mc;
>>  	}
>>  	BUG_ON(len == -1);
>>  
>>  	return len;
>>  };
>>  
>> +/*
>> + * GHES and GHESv2 structures share the same format, starting from
>> + * Source Id and ending in Error Status Block Length (inclusive).
>> + */
>> +static bool is_ghes_assist_struct(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr)
>> +{
>> +	struct acpi_hest_generic *ghes;
>> +	u16 related_source_id;
>> +
>> +	if (hest_hdr->type != ACPI_HEST_TYPE_GENERIC_ERROR &&
>> +	    hest_hdr->type != ACPI_HEST_TYPE_GENERIC_ERROR_V2)
>> +		return false;
>> +
>> +	ghes = (struct acpi_hest_generic *)hest_hdr;
>> +	related_source_id = ghes->related_source_id;
>> +
>> +	if (mces.cmc && mces.cmc->flags & ACPI_HEST_GHES_ASSIST &&
>> +	    related_source_id == mces.cmc->header.source_id)
>> +		return true;
>> +	if (mces.mc && mces.mc->flags & ACPI_HEST_GHES_ASSIST &&
>> +	    related_source_id == mces.mc->header.source_id)
>> +		return true;
>> +	if (mces.dmc && mces.dmc->flags & ACPI_HEST_GHES_ASSIST &&
>> +	    related_source_id == mces.dmc->header.source_id)
>> +		return true;
>> +
>> +	return false;
>> +}
>> +
>>  typedef int (*apei_hest_func_t)(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr, void *data);
>>  
>>  static int apei_hest_parse(apei_hest_func_t func, void *data)
>> @@ -114,6 +160,11 @@ static int apei_hest_parse(apei_hest_func_t func, void *data)
>>  			return -EINVAL;
>>  		}
>>  
>> +		if (is_ghes_assist_struct(hest_hdr)) {
>> +			hest_hdr = (void *)hest_hdr + len;
>> +			continue;
>> +		}
>> +
>>  		rc = func(hest_hdr, data);
>>  		if (rc)
>>  			return rc;
>>
>> base-commit: 629a3b49f3f957e975253c54846090b8d5ed2e9b
> 

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Thanks,
Avadhut Naik