[PATCHv2 pci-next 2/2] PCI/AER: Rate limit the reporting of the correctable errors

Grant Grundler
2023-03-17T17:51:27Z

From: Rajat Khandelwal <rajat.khandelwal@linux.intel.com>

There are many instances where correctable errors tend to inundate
the message buffer. We observe such instances during thunderbolt PCIe
tunneling.

It's true that they are mitigated by the hardware and are non-fatal
but we shouldn't be spamming the logs with such correctable errors as it
confuses other kernel developers less familiar with PCI errors, support
staff, and users who happen to look at the logs, hence rate limit them.

A typical example log inside an HP TBT4 dock:
[54912.661142] pcieport 0000:00:07.0: AER: Multiple Corrected error received: 0000:2b:00.0
[54912.661194] igc 0000:2b:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, (Transmitter ID)
[54912.661203] igc 0000:2b:00.0: device [8086:5502] error status/mask=00001100/00002000
[54912.661211] igc 0000:2b:00.0: [ 8] Rollover
[54912.661219] igc 0000:2b:00.0: [12] Timeout
[54982.838760] pcieport 0000:00:07.0: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:2b:00.0
[54982.838798] igc 0000:2b:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, (Transmitter ID)
[54982.838808] igc 0000:2b:00.0: device [8086:5502] error status/mask=00001000/00002000
[54982.838817] igc 0000:2b:00.0: [12] Timeout

This gets repeated continuously, thus inundating the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Rajat Khandelwal <rajat.khandelwal@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@chromium.org>
---
drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
index cb6b96233967..b592cea8bffe 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
@@ -706,8 +706,8 @@ static void __aer_print_error(struct pci_dev *dev,
errmsg = "Unknown Error Bit";

if (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
- pci_info(dev, " [%2d] %-22s%s\n", i, errmsg,
- info->first_error == i ? " (First)" : "");
+ pci_info_ratelimited(dev, " [%2d] %-22s%s\n", i, errmsg,
+ info->first_error == i ? " (First)" : "");
else
pci_err(dev, " [%2d] %-22s%s\n", i, errmsg,
info->first_error == i ? " (First)" : "");
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ void aer_print_error(struct pci_dev *dev, struct aer_err_info *info)
{
int layer, agent;
int id = ((dev->bus->number << 8) | dev->devfn);
- const char *level;

if (!info->status) {
pci_err(dev, "PCIe Bus Error: severity=%s, type=Inaccessible, (Unregistered Agent ID)\n",
@@ -730,14 +729,21 @@ void aer_print_error(struct pci_dev *dev, struct aer_err_info *info)
layer = AER_GET_LAYER_ERROR(info->severity, info->status);
agent = AER_GET_AGENT(info->severity, info->status);

- level = (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR;
+ if (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) {
+ pci_info_ratelimited(dev, "PCIe Bus Error: severity=%s, type=%s, (%s)\n",
+ aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
+ aer_error_layer[layer], aer_agent_string[agent]);

- pci_printk(level, dev, "PCIe Bus Error: severity=%s, type=%s, (%s)\n",
- aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
- aer_error_layer[layer], aer_agent_string[agent]);
+ pci_info_ratelimited(dev, " device [%04x:%04x] error status/mask=%08x/%08x\n",
+ dev->vendor, dev->device, info->status, info->mask);
+ } else {
+ pci_err(dev, "PCIe Bus Error: severity=%s, type=%s, (%s)\n",
+ aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
+ aer_error_layer[layer], aer_agent_string[agent]);

- pci_printk(level, dev, " device [%04x:%04x] error status/mask=%08x/%08x\n",
- dev->vendor, dev->device, info->status, info->mask);
+ pci_err(dev, " device [%04x:%04x] error status/mask=%08x/%08x\n",
+ dev->vendor, dev->device, info->status, info->mask);
+ }

__aer_print_error(dev, info);

@@ -757,11 +763,19 @@ static void aer_print_port_info(struct pci_dev *dev, struct aer_err_info *info)
u8 bus = info->id >> 8;
u8 devfn = info->id & 0xff;

- pci_info(dev, "%s%s error received: %04x:%02x:%02x.%d\n",
- info->multi_error_valid ? "Multiple " : "",
- aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
- pci_domain_nr(dev->bus), bus, PCI_SLOT(devfn),
- PCI_FUNC(devfn));
+ if (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
+ pci_info_ratelimited(dev, "%s%s error received: %04x:%02x:%02x.%d\n",
+ info->multi_error_valid ? "Multiple " : "",
+ aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
+ pci_domain_nr(dev->bus), bus, PCI_SLOT(devfn),
+ PCI_FUNC(devfn));
+ else
+ pci_info(dev, "%s%s error received: %04x:%02x:%02x.%d\n",
+ info->multi_error_valid ? "Multiple " : "",
+ aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
+ pci_domain_nr(dev->bus), bus, PCI_SLOT(devfn),
+ PCI_FUNC(devfn));
+
}

#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER
--
2.40.0.rc1.284.g88254d51c5-goog