Thread (30 messages) 30 messages, 5 authors, 2017-03-21

[PATCH V12 00/10] Add UEFI 2.6 and ACPI 6.1 updates for RAS on ARM64

From: james.morse@arm.com (James Morse)
Date: 2017-03-07 11:37:46
Also in: kvm, kvmarm, linux-acpi, linux-efi, lkml

Hi Tyler,

On 06/03/17 20:44, Tyler Baicar wrote:
When a memory error, CPU error, PCIe error, or other type of hardware error
that's covered by RAS occurs, firmware should populate the shared GHES memory
location with the proper GHES structures to notify the OS of the error.
For example, platforms that implement firmware first handling may implement
separate GHES sources for corrected errors and uncorrected errors. If the
error is an uncorrectable error, then the firmware will notify the OS
immediately since the error needs to be handled ASAP. The OS will then be able
to take the appropriate action needed such as offlining a page. If the error
is a corrected error, then the firmware will not interrupt the OS immediately.
Instead, the OS will see and report the error the next time it's GHES timer
expires. The kernel will first parse the GHES structures and report the errors
through the kernel logs and then notify the user space through RAS trace
events. This allows user space applications such as RAS Daemon to see the
errors and report them however the user desires. This patchset extends the
kernel functionality for RAS errors based on updates in the UEFI 2.6 and
ACPI 6.1 specifications.
This series doesn't apply cleanly to v4.11-rc1, what did you base it on?

Please base this on a v4.11 release candidate if you want it considered for v4.12.


Thanks,

James
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