Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] efi/cper: add cper_mem_err_status_str to decode error description

[Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 10:49:38AM +0800, Shuai Xue wrote:
> Introduce a new helper function cper_mem_err_status_str() which is used to
> decode the description of error status, and the cper_print_mem() will call
> it and report the details of error status.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/cper.h        |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> index 6ec8edec6329..7f08d4ea906e 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> @@ -211,6 +211,31 @@ const char *cper_mem_err_type_str(unsigned int etype)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cper_mem_err_type_str);
>  
> +const char *cper_mem_err_status_str(u64 status)
> +{
> +	switch ((status >> 8) & 0xff) {
> +	case  1:	return "Error detected internal to the component";
> +	case  4:	return "Storage error in DRAM memory";
> +	case  5:	return "Storage error in TLB";
> +	case  6:	return "Storage error in cache";
> +	case  7:	return "Error in one or more functional units";
> +	case  8:	return "component failed self test";

Well, at least start them all with capital letters: "Component... " And
yes, I know this is how it is in the spec but the spec has typos and
other problems - doesn't mean we have to copy them too.

> +	case  9:	return "Overflow or undervalue of internal queue";
> +	case 16:	return "Error detected in the bus";
> +	case 17:	return "Virtual address not found on IO-TLB or IO-PDIR";
> +	case 18:	return "Improper access error";
> +	case 19:	return "Access to a memory address which is not mapped to any component";
> +	case 20:	return "Loss of Lockstep";
> +	case 21:	return "Response not associated with a request";
> +	case 22:	return "Bus parity error - must also set the A, C, or D Bits";
> +	case 23:	return "Detection of a PATH_ERROR ";

Trailing space here. Also what is PATH_ERROR?

That "PATH_ERROR" is nowhere else explained in that big fat UEFI spec.
2558 pages and they can't explain *that*. Geez.

> +	case 25:	return "Bus operation timeout";
> +	case 26:	return "A read was issued to data that has been poisoned";
> +	default:	return "reserved";
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cper_mem_err_status_str);
> +
>  static int cper_mem_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg)
>  {
>  	u32 len, n;
> @@ -334,7 +359,9 @@ static void cper_print_mem(const char *pfx, const struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem,
>  		return;
>  	}
>  	if (mem->validation_bits & CPER_MEM_VALID_ERROR_STATUS)
> -		printk("%s""error_status: 0x%016llx\n", pfx, mem->error_status);
> +		printk("%s""error_status: %s (0x%016llx)\n",

Why do you insist on having two back-to-back strings instead of one
here?

(And don't tell me it is because the other function calls here do it
too.)

FWIW, even checkpatch complains here:

WARNING: Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string
#87: FILE: drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c:362:
+               printk("%s""error_status: %s (0x%016llx)\n",

Btw, please integrate scripts/checkpatch.pl into your patch creation
workflow. Some of the warnings/errors *actually* make sense.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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