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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, MCE: support memory error recovery for both UCNA and Deferred error in machine_check_poll
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On Fri, 2014-10-10 at 14:03 +0800, Chen Yucong wrote:
> From: Chen Yucong <slaoub@gmail.com>
>
> dram_ce_error() stems from Boris's patch set. Thanks!
> Link: http://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/1/545
>
> Uncorrected no action required (UCNA) - is a UCR error that is not
> signaled via a machine check exception and, instead, is reported to
> system software as a corrected machine check error. UCNA errors indicate
> that some data in the system is corrupted, but the data has not been
> consumed and the processor state is valid and you may continue execution
> on this processor. UCNA errors require no action from system software
> to continue execution. Note that UCNA errors are supported by the
> processor only when IA32_MCG_CAP[24] (MCG_SER_P) is set.
> -- Intel SDM Volume 3B
>
> Deferred errors are errors that cannot be corrected by hardware, but
> do not cause an immediate interruption in program flow, loss of data
> integrity, or corruption of processor state. These errors indicate
> that data has been corrupted but not consumed. Hardware writes information
> to the status and address registers in the corresponding bank that
> identifies the source of the error if deferred errors are enabled for
> logging. Deferred errors are not reported via machine check exceptions;
> they can be seen by polling the MCi_STATUS registers.
> -- ADM64 APM Volume 2
>
> Above two items, both UCNA and Deferred errors belong to detected
> errors, but they can't be corrected by hardware, and this is very
> similar to Software Recoverable Action Optional (SRAO) errors.
> Therefore, we can take some actions that have been used for handling
> SRAO errors to handle UCNA and Deferred errors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Yucong <slaoub@gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h | 4 ++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
> index 958b90f..c9ac7df4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
> #define MCI_STATUS_S (1ULL<<56) /* Signaled machine check */
> #define MCI_STATUS_AR (1ULL<<55) /* Action required */
>
> +/* AMD-specific bits */
> +#define MCI_STATUS_DEFERRED (1ULL<<44) /* declare an uncorrected error */
> +#define MCI_STATUS_POISON (1ULL<<43) /* access poisonous data */
> +
> /*
> * Note that the full MCACOD field of IA32_MCi_STATUS MSR is
> * bits 15:0. But bit 12 is the 'F' bit, defined for corrected
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> index 61a9668ce..4030c77 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> @@ -575,6 +575,35 @@ static void mce_read_aux(struct mce *m, int i)
> }
> }
>
> +static bool dram_ce_error(struct mce *m)
> +{
> + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
> +
> + if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
> + /* ErrCodeExt[20:16] */
> + u8 xec = (m->status >> 16) & 0x1f;
> +
> + if (m->status & MCI_STATUS_DEFERRED)
> + return (xec == 0x0 || xec == 0x8);
> + } else if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
> + /*
> + * SDM Volume 3B - 15.9.2 Compound Error Codes (Table 15-9)
> + *
> + * Bit 7 of the MCACOD field of IA32_MCi_STATUS is used for
> + * indicating a memory error. But we can't just blindly check
> + * bit 7 because if bit 8 is set, then this is a cache error,
> + * and if bit 11 is set, then it is a bus/ interconnect error
> + * - and either way bit 7 just gives more detail on what
> + * cache/bus/interconnect error happened. Note that we can
> + * ignore bit 12, as it's the "filter" bit.
> + */
> + if ((m->mcgcap & MCG_SER_P) && (m->status & MCI_STATUS_UC))
> + return (m->status & 0xef80) == BIT(7);
> + }
> +
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, mce_poll_count);
>
> /*
> @@ -630,6 +659,16 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
>
> if (!(flags & MCP_TIMESTAMP))
> m.tsc = 0;
> +
> + /*
> + * In the cases where we don't have a valid address after all,
> + * do not add it into the ring buffer.
> + */
> + if (dram_ce_error(&m) && (m.status & MCI_STATUS_ADDRV)) {
> + mce_ring_add(m.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> + mce_schedule_work();
> + }
> +
> /*
> * Don't get the IP here because it's unlikely to
> * have anything to do with the actual error location.

Hi Boris,

Do you have any comments on this patch?

thx!
cyc



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