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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 2/3] Documentation: add a isolation strategy sysfs node for uacce
On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 10:20:27AM +0800, yekai (A) wrote:
>
>
> On 2022/7/30 19:06, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 04:32:45PM +0800, Kai Ye wrote:
> >> Update documentation describing sysfs node that could help to
> >> configure isolation strategy for users in the user space. And
> >> describing sysfs node that could read the device isolated state.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kai Ye <yekai13@huawei.com>
> >> ---
> >> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uacce | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uacce b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uacce
> >> index 08f2591138af..1601f9dac29c 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uacce
> >> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uacce
> >> @@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ Contact: linux-accelerators@lists.ozlabs.org
> >> Description: Available instances left of the device
> >> Return -ENODEV if uacce_ops get_available_instances is not provided
> >>
> >> +What: /sys/class/uacce/<dev_name>/isolate_strategy
> >> +Date: Jul 2022
> >> +KernelVersion: 5.20
> >> +Contact: linux-accelerators@lists.ozlabs.org
> >> +Description: (RW) Configure the frequency size for the hardware error
> >> + isolation strategy. This size is a configured integer value.
> >> + The default is 0. The maximum value is 65535. This value is a
> >> + threshold based on your driver handling strategy.
> > what is a "driver handling strategy"? What exactly is this units in?
> > Any documentation for how to use this?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> > .
> The unit is the number of times, also means frequency size.
> e.g.
> In the hisilicon acc engine, First we will time-stamp every slot AER error. Then check the AER error log when the device
> AER error occurred. if the device slot AER error count exceeds the preset the number of times in one hour, the isolated state
> will be set to true. So the device will be isolated. And the AER error log that exceed one hour will be cleared. Of course,
> different strategy can be defined in different drivers.

Ok, can you please explain this better here when you redo the patch
series?

thanks,

greg k-h

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