linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Register MCE notifier for Aldebaran RAS

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Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:23:21 +0000
From:   Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
To:     "Joshi, Mukul" <Mukul.Joshi@....com>
Cc:     "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "mchehab@...nel.org" <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Register MCE notifier for Aldebaran RAS

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 11:30:55AM -0400, Joshi, Mukul wrote:
...
> > > +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> > > +
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * If it is correctable error, return.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (mce_is_correctable(m))
> > > +		return NOTIFY_OK;
> > 
> > Shouldn't this be "NOTIFY_DONE" if "don't care" about this error?
> 
> The thinking is we want to stop calling further consumers since it's a correctable error in GPU UMC and we are not taking any action about the correctable errors.

Shouldn't the error still be reported to EDAC for decoding and counting? I
think users want this.

But it looks to me that either NOTIFY_OK or NOTIFY_DONE will allow this, so
it's not a big deal. Was this intended to be NOTIFY_STOP?

Thanks,
Yazen