linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/2] EDAC/ghes: Modularize ghes_edac driver to remove the dependency on ghes

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Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:26:06 +0000
From:   "Kani, Toshi" <toshi.kani@....com>
To:     Jia He <justin.he@....com>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
CC:     "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...ica.org" <devel@...ica.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nd@....com" <nd@....com>, "stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] EDAC/ghes: Modularize ghes_edac driver to remove the
 dependency on ghes

On Thursday, August 11, 2022 3:17 AM, Jia He wrote:
> Commit dc4e8c07e9e2 ("ACPI: APEI: explicit init of HEST and GHES in
> apci_init()") introduced a bug that ghes_edac_register() would be invoked
> before edac_init(). Because at that time, the bus "edac" hasn't been even
> registered, this created sysfs /devices/mc0 instead of
> /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0 on an Ampere eMag server.
> 
> The solution is modularizing the ghes_edac driver.
> Use a list to save the probing devices in ghes_probe(), and defer the
> ghes_edac_register() to the new ghes_edac module_init() by iterating over
> the devices list.

Since this approach defers the ghes_edac registration, the series needs
to include a way to prevent chipset-specific edac drivers from registering
before ghes_edac as discussed in the original email thread.

Toshi