linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 01/24] EDAC, mc: Fix grain

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:08:55 +0000
From:   Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        "Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@...nel.org>
CC:     "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/24] EDAC, mc: Fix grain_bits calculation

The grain in edac is defined as "minimum granularity for an error
report, in bytes". The following calculation of the grain_bits in
edac_mc is wrong:

	grain_bits = fls_long(e->grain) + 1;

Where grain_bits is defined as:

	grain = 1 << grain_bits

Example:

	grain = 8	# 64 bit (8 bytes)
	grain_bits = fls_long(8) + 1
	grain_bits = 4 + 1 = 5

	grain = 1 << grain_bits
	grain = 1 << 5 = 32

Replacing it with the correct calculation:

	grain_bits = fls_long(e->grain - 1);

The example gives now:

	grain_bits = fls_long(8 - 1)
	grain_bits = fls_long(8 - 1)
	grain_bits = 3

	grain = 1 << 3 = 8

Note: We need to check if the hardware reports a reasonable grain != 0
and fallback with a warn_once and 1 byte granularity otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>
---
 drivers/edac/edac_mc.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 64922c8fa7e3..45cac74ab833 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -1235,9 +1235,15 @@ void edac_mc_handle_error(const enum hw_event_mc_err_type type,
 	if (p > e->location)
 		*(p - 1) = '\0';
 
-	/* Report the error via the trace interface */
-	grain_bits = fls_long(e->grain) + 1;
+	/*
+	 * We expect the hw to report a reasonable grain, fallback to
+	 * 1 byte granularity otherwise.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!e->grain))
+		e->grain = 1;
+	grain_bits = fls_long(e->grain - 1);
 
+	/* Report the error via the trace interface */
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RAS))
 		trace_mc_event(type, e->msg, e->label, e->error_count,
 			       mci->mc_idx, e->top_layer, e->mid_layer,
-- 
2.20.1