From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>,
Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com>,
Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@huawei.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>,
Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>,
Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
"Alison Schofield" <alison.schofield@intel.com>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org>,
Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 3/3] ras/events: Trace CXL CPER events without CXL stack
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:16:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6626fdc7b7e31_690a294a6@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240422-cxl-cper3-v2-3-5cdd378fcd0b@intel.com>
Ira Weiny wrote:
> If CXL is solely managed by firmware (including HDM configuration and
> event processing via firmware first) it is possible to run the system
> without the CXL software loaded. In this case no CXL callback will be
> loaded and CXL CPER errors will not be processed at all.
>
> In this case memory device and region (HPA) information is missing but
> omitting the error completely is not friendly. Some device information
> is available the event.
>
> Trace CXL CPER events if the CXL stack is not loaded. A balance was
> chosen to decode only the CPER header as this configuration is likely
> rare.
I think the justification for this is weak and it pollutes the user ABI.
What environment cares about CXL RAS without the CXL driver? If such a
use case ever pops up it is trivial to revive this otherwise saves
carrying this and all the minor maintenance overhead it causes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-23 0:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-22 22:25 [PATCH v2 0/3] efi/cxl-cper: Report CXL CPER events through tracing Ira Weiny
2024-04-22 22:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] acpi/ghes: Process CXL Component Events Ira Weiny
2024-04-22 23:54 ` Dan Williams
2024-04-23 3:47 ` Ira Weiny
2024-04-23 4:16 ` Ira Weiny
2024-04-22 22:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] cxl/pci: Process CPER events Ira Weiny
2024-04-22 22:25 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ras/events: Trace CXL CPER events without CXL stack Ira Weiny
2024-04-23 0:16 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2024-04-23 4:10 ` Ira Weiny
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