[RFC PATCH 5/5] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: Update the documentation for EINJv2 support

From: Zaid Alali
Date: Tue Mar 12 2024 - 17:28:12 EST


Add documentation for the proposed ACPI specs for EINJv2(1)(2)

(1)https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4615
(2)https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/attachment.cgi?id=1446

Signed-off-by: Zaid Alali <zaidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst | 44 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
index d6b61d22f525..7e5c3f71ccd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
@@ -57,8 +57,18 @@ The following files belong to it:
0x00000800 Platform Uncorrectable fatal
================ ===================================

+ ================ ===================================
+ Error Type Value Error Description
+ ================ ===================================
+ 0x00000001 EINJV2 Processor Error
+ 0x00000002 EINJV2 Memory Error
+ 0x00000004 EINJV2 PCI Express Error
+ ================ ===================================
+
The format of the file contents are as above, except present are only
- the available error types.
+ the available error types. The available Error types are discovered by
+ calling GET_ERROR_TYPE command, and if bit 30 is set in the returned
+ value, then EINJv2 is supported by the system.

- error_type

@@ -81,9 +91,11 @@ The following files belong to it:
Bit 0
Processor APIC field valid (see param3 below).
Bit 1
- Memory address and mask valid (param1 and param2).
+ Memory address and range valid (param1 and param2).
Bit 2
PCIe (seg,bus,dev,fn) valid (see param4 below).
+ Bit 3
+ EINJv2 extension structure is valid

If set to zero, legacy behavior is mimicked where the type of
injection specifies just one bit set, and param1 is multiplexed.
@@ -118,6 +130,17 @@ The following files belong to it:
this actually works depends on what operations the BIOS actually
includes in the trigger phase.

+- einjv2_component_count
+
+ The value from this file is used to set the "Component Array Count"
+ field of EINJv2 Extension Structure.
+
+- einjv2_component_array
+ The contents of this file are used to set the "Component Array" field
+ of the EINJv2 Extension Structure. The expected format is hex values
+ for component id and syndrom seperated by space, and multiple
+ components are seperated by new line.
+
BIOS versions based on the ACPI 4.0 specification have limited options
in controlling where the errors are injected. Your BIOS may support an
extension (enabled with the param_extension=1 module parameter, or boot
@@ -172,6 +195,23 @@ An error injection example::
# echo 0x8 > error_type # Choose correctable memory error
# echo 1 > error_inject # Inject now

+An EINJv2 error injection example::
+
+ # cd /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj
+ # cat available_error_type # See which errors can be injected
+ 0x00000002 Processor Uncorrectable non-fatal
+ 0x00000008 Memory Correctable
+ 0x00000010 Memory Uncorrectable non-fatal
+ ==================
+ 0x00000001 EINJV2 Processor Error
+ 0x00000002 EINJV2 Memory Error
+
+ # echo 0x12345000 > param1 # Set memory address for injection
+ # echo 0xfffffffffffff000 > param2 # Range - anywhere in this page
+ # echo 0x2 > error_type # Choose EINJv2 memory error
+ # echo 0x8 > flags # set flags to indicate EINJv2
+ # echo 1 > error_inject # Inject now
+
You should see something like this in dmesg::

[22715.830801] EDAC sbridge MC3: HANDLING MCE MEMORY ERROR
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