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Message-ID: <20250604223804.842501-8-zaidal@os.amperecomputing.com>
Date: Wed,  4 Jun 2025 15:38:04 -0700
From: Zaid Alali <zaidal@...amperecomputing.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v8 7/7] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: Update the documentation for EINJv2 support

Add documentation based on implemenation of EINJv2 as described in ACPI
6.5.A specification.

Link: https://uefi.org/specs/ACPI/6.5_A/18_Platform_Error_Interfaces.html#error-injection

[Tony: New user interface for device id and syndrome]

Signed-off-by: Zaid Alali <zaidal@...amperecomputing.com>
Co-developed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
---
 .../firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst         | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
index c52b9da08fa9..7d8435d35a18 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ The following files belong to it:
   0x00000200        Platform Correctable
   0x00000400        Platform Uncorrectable non-fatal
   0x00000800        Platform Uncorrectable fatal
+  V2_0x00000001     EINJV2 Processor Error
+  V2_0x00000002     EINJV2 Memory Error
+  V2_0x00000004     EINJV2 PCI Express Error
   ================  ===================================
 
   The format of the file contents are as above, except present are only
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ The following files belong to it:
       Memory address and mask valid (param1 and param2).
     Bit 2
       PCIe (seg,bus,dev,fn) valid (see param4 below).
+    Bit 3
+      EINJv2 extension structure is valid
 
   If set to zero, legacy behavior is mimicked where the type of
   injection specifies just one bit set, and param1 is multiplexed.
@@ -122,6 +127,13 @@ The following files belong to it:
   this actually works depends on what operations the BIOS actually
   includes in the trigger phase.
 
+- component_id0 .. component_idN, component_syndrome0 .. component_syndromeN
+
+  These files are used to set the "Component Array" field
+  of the EINJv2 Extension Structure. Each holds a 128-bit
+  hex value. Writing just a newline to any of these files
+  sets an invalid (all-ones) value.
+
 CXL error types are supported from ACPI 6.5 onwards (given a CXL port
 is present). The EINJ user interface for CXL error types is at
 <debugfs mount point>/cxl. The following files belong to it:
@@ -194,6 +206,27 @@ An error injection example::
   # echo 0x8 > error_type			# Choose correctable memory error
   # echo 1 > error_inject			# Inject now
 
+An EINJv2 error injection example::
+
+  # cd /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj
+  # cat available_error_type			# See which errors can be injected
+  0x00000002	Processor Uncorrectable non-fatal
+  0x00000008	Memory Correctable
+  0x00000010	Memory Uncorrectable non-fatal
+  V2_0x00000001	EINJV2 Processor Error
+  V2_0x00000002	EINJV2 Memory Error
+
+  # echo 0x12345000 > param1			# Set memory address for injection
+  # echo 0xfffffffffffff000 > param2		# Range - anywhere in this page
+  # echo 0x1 > component_id0			# First device ID
+  # echo 0x4 > component_syndrome0		# First error syndrome
+  # echo 0x2 > component_id1			# Second device ID
+  # echo 0x4 > component_syndrome1		# Second error syndrome
+  # echo '' > component_id2			# Mark id2 invalid to terminate list
+  # echo V2_0x2 > error_type			# Choose EINJv2 memory error
+  # echo 0xa > flags				# set flags to indicate EINJv2
+  # echo 1 > error_inject			# Inject now
+
 You should see something like this in dmesg::
 
   [22715.830801] EDAC sbridge MC3: HANDLING MCE MEMORY ERROR
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