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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
To: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>,
	"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>,
	Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@huawei.com>,
	qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
	Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v11 16/17] docs: hest: add new "etc/acpi_table_hest_addr" and update workflow
Date: Fri,  5 Sep 2025 17:09:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca6ec605d255385430a923f9bf8dced717173690.1757084668.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1757084668.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

While the HEST layout didn't change, there are some internal
changes related to how offsets are calculated and how memory error
events are triggered.

Update specs to reflect such changes.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
---
 docs/specs/acpi_hest_ghes.rst | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/specs/acpi_hest_ghes.rst b/docs/specs/acpi_hest_ghes.rst
index c3e9f8d9a702..3d1b85d74b70 100644
--- a/docs/specs/acpi_hest_ghes.rst
+++ b/docs/specs/acpi_hest_ghes.rst
@@ -89,12 +89,21 @@ Design Details
     addresses in the "error_block_address" fields with a pointer to the
     respective "Error Status Data Block" in the "etc/hardware_errors" blob.
 
-(8) QEMU defines a third and write-only fw_cfg blob which is called
-    "etc/hardware_errors_addr". Through that blob, the firmware can send back
-    the guest-side allocation addresses to QEMU. The "etc/hardware_errors_addr"
-    blob contains a 8-byte entry. QEMU generates a single WRITE_POINTER command
-    for the firmware. The firmware will write back the start address of
-    "etc/hardware_errors" blob to the fw_cfg file "etc/hardware_errors_addr".
+(8) QEMU defines a third and write-only fw_cfg blob to store the location
+    where the error block offsets, read ack registers and CPER records are
+    stored.
+
+    Up to QEMU 9.2, the location was at "etc/hardware_errors_addr", and
+    contains a GPA for the beginning of "etc/hardware_errors".
+
+    Newer versions place the location at "etc/acpi_table_hest_addr",
+    pointing to the GPA of the HEST table.
+
+    Using above mentioned 'fw_cfg' files, the firmware can send back the
+    guest-side allocation addresses to QEMU. They contain a 8-byte entry.
+    QEMU generates a single WRITE_POINTER command for the firmware. The
+    firmware will write back the start address of either "etc/hardware_errors"
+    or HEST table at the corresponding fw_cfg file.
 
 (9) When QEMU gets a SIGBUS from the kernel, QEMU writes CPER into corresponding
     "Error Status Data Block", guest memory, and then injects platform specific
@@ -105,8 +114,5 @@ Design Details
      kernel, on receiving notification, guest APEI driver could read the CPER error
      and take appropriate action.
 
-(11) kvm_arch_on_sigbus_vcpu() uses source_id as index in "etc/hardware_errors" to
-     find out "Error Status Data Block" entry corresponding to error source. So supported
-     source_id values should be assigned here and not be changed afterwards to make sure
-     that guest will write error into expected "Error Status Data Block" even if guest was
-     migrated to a newer QEMU.
+(11) kvm_arch_on_sigbus_vcpu() report RAS errors via a SEA notifications,
+     when a SIGBUS event is triggered.
-- 
2.51.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-09-05 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-05 15:09 [PATCH v11 00/17] Change ghes to use HEST-based offsets and add support for error inject Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 01/17] Revert "hw/acpi/ghes: Make ghes_record_cper_errors() static" Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 02/17] acpi/ghes: Cleanup the code which gets ghes ged state Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 03/17] acpi/ghes: prepare to change the way HEST offsets are calculated Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 04/17] acpi/ghes: add a firmware file with HEST address Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 05/17] acpi/ghes: Use HEST table offsets when preparing GHES records Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 06/17] acpi/ghes: don't hard-code the number of sources for HEST table Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 07/17] acpi/ghes: add a notifier to notify when error data is ready Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-22 19:53   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 08/17] acpi/generic_event_device: Update GHES migration to cover hest addr Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 09/17] acpi/generic_event_device: add logic to detect if HEST addr is available Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 10/17] acpi/generic_event_device: add an APEI error device Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 11/17] tests/acpi: virt: allow acpi table changes at DSDT and HEST tables Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 12/17] arm/virt: Wire up a GED error device for ACPI / GHES Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 13/17] qapi/acpi-hest: add an interface to do generic CPER error injection Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-22 12:42   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 14/17] acpi/generic_event_device.c: enable use_hest_addr for QEMU 10.x Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 15/17] tests/acpi: virt: update HEST and DSDT tables Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-22 10:52   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23  6:57     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-05 15:09 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2025-09-22 12:51   ` [PATCH v11 16/17] docs: hest: add new "etc/acpi_table_hest_addr" and update workflow Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-05 15:09 ` [PATCH v11 17/17] scripts/ghes_inject: add a script to generate GHES error inject Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-09-22 10:53   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-22 12:48   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23  6:31     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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