linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Do not log spurious corrected mce errors

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Message-ID: <e1bf1a0e-db70-906f-d09c-90cc2eef28dc@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:17:34 -0500
From:   Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Krupp <centos@....yagii.de>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: Do not log spurious corrected mce errors



On 2/18/20 11:13 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 08:06:59AM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>> A user has reported that they are seeing spurious corrected errors on
>> their hardware.
>>
>> Intel Errata HSD131, HSM142, HSW131, and BDM48 report that
>> "spurious corrected errors may be logged in the IA32_MC0_STATUS register
>> with the valid field (bit 63) set, the uncorrected error field (bit 61)
>> not set, a Model Specific Error Code (bits [31:16]) of 0x000F, and
>> an MCA Error Code (bits [15:0]) of 0x0005."
>>
>> Block these spurious errors from the console and logs.
>>
>> Links to Intel Specification updates:
>> HSD131: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/4th-gen-core-family-desktop-specification-update.html
>> HSM142: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/4th-gen-core-family-mobile-specification-update.html
>> HSW131: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-e3-1200v3-spec-update.html
>> BDM48: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/5th-gen-core-family-spec-update.html
> 
> My previous review comment still holds:
> 
> Those links tend to get stale with time. If you really want to refer to
> the PDFs, add a new bugzilla entry on https://bugzilla.kernel.org/, add
> them there as an attachment and add the link to the entry to the commit
> message.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
>> Co-developed-by: Alexander Krupp <centos@....yagii.de>
> 
> WARNING: Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by Signed-off-by:
> #36:
> 
> See Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for more detail.
> 
>> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
>> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
>> Cc: x86@...nel.org
>> Cc: linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c     |  2 ++
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/intel.c    | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/internal.h |  1 +
>>  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
>> index 2c4f949611e4..fe3983d551cc 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
>> @@ -1877,6 +1877,8 @@ bool filter_mce(struct mce *m)
>>  {
>>  	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)
>>  		return amd_filter_mce(m);
>> +	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
>> +		return intel_filter_mce(m);
>>  
>>  	return false;
>>  }
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/intel.c
>> index 5627b1091b85..989148e6746c 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/intel.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/intel.c
>> @@ -520,3 +520,20 @@ void mce_intel_feature_clear(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>>  {
>>  	intel_clear_lmce();
>>  }
>> +
>> +bool intel_filter_mce(struct mce *m)
>> +{
>> +	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
>> +
>> +	/* MCE errata HSD131, HSM142, HSW131, BDM48, and HSM142 */
>> +	if ((c->x86 == 6) &&
>> +	    ((c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL) ||
>> +	     (c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_L) ||
>> +	     (c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL) ||
>> +	     (c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_G)) &&
>> +	    (m->bank == 0) &&
>> +	    ((m->status & 0xa0000000ffffffff) == 0x80000000000f0005))
>> +		return true;
>> +
>> +	return false;
>> +}
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/internal.h
>> index b785c0d0b590..821faba5b05d 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/internal.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/internal.h
>> @@ -175,5 +175,6 @@ extern bool amd_filter_mce(struct mce *m);
>>  #else
>>  static inline bool amd_filter_mce(struct mce *m)			{ return false; };
>>  #endif
>> +extern bool intel_filter_mce(struct mce *m);
> 
> It doesn't even build:
> 
> ld: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.o: in function `filter_mce':
> /home/boris/kernel/linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c:1881: undefined reference to `intel_filter_mce'
> make: *** [Makefile:1077: vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> Hint: do it like it is done for amd_filter_mce() but in the respective
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL place.'

That's weird.  I just re-compiled it on my system without any issue.  Can I have
your .config to double check my compile?  I'm using the standard fedora config FWIW.

P.
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