Re: "invalid agent type: 1" in acpi/ghes, cper: Recognize and cache CXL Protocol errors

Fabio M. De Francesco
2025-07-24T14:49:09Z

Hi Marc, Smita,

On Wednesday, July 23, 2025 9:13:34 AM Central European Summer Time Marc Herbert wrote:
>
> On 2025-07-22 12:24, Marc Herbert wrote:
> > Hi Smita,
> >
> > The code below triggers the error "invalid agent type: 1" in Intel
> > validation (internal issue 15018133056)
>
> The same test case also triggers the other, warning message "CXL CPER no
> device serial number".
>
> I heard that "device" serial numbers are only for... devices and that
> even then it's not always mandatory. So maybe that other message should
> be downgraded from warning to the "info" level?
>
> Marc
>

[skip]

> >> +
> >> + if (prot_err->err_len != sizeof(struct cxl_ras_capability_regs)) {
> >> + pr_err_ratelimited("CXL CPER invalid RAS Cap size (%u)\n",
> >> + prot_err->err_len);
> >> + return;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + if (!(prot_err->valid_bits & PROT_ERR_VALID_SERIAL_NUMBER))
> >> + pr_warn(FW_WARN "CXL CPER no device serial number\n");
> >> +

Maybe this test should be written on the line of the following snippet taken
out from "ACPI: extlog: Trace CPER CXL Protocol Error Section".[1]

+
+ if ((prot_err->agent_type == RCD || prot_err->agent_type == DEVICE ||
+ prot_err->agent_type == LD || prot_err->agent_type == FMLD) &&
+ !(prot_err->valid_bits & PROT_ERR_VALID_SERIAL_NUMBER))
+ pr_warn_ratelimited(FW_WARN
+ "CXL CPER no device serial number\n");
+

Thanks,

Fabio

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/20250623145453.1046660-4-fabio.m.de.francesco@linux.intel.com/