linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] Documentation: add a isolation strategy sysfs node for uacce

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Message-ID: <YudvGPbcegOZQlbE@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Aug 2022 08:13:44 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "yekai (A)" <yekai13@...wei.com>
Cc:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wangzhou1@...ilicon.com,
        liulongfang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [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@...wei.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@...ts.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@...ts.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