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

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:22:58 +0000
From:   "Kani, Toshi" <toshi.kani@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     Justin 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>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "Robert Richter" <rric@...nel.org>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        "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 <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 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 2:50 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 01:39:32AM +0000, Kani, Toshi wrote:
> > Yes, but the impact is not necessarily limited to these modules.
> 
> The impact is limited only to the modules which would otherwise
> potentially load on a HP system which advertizes as "HPE ", "Server ".
> 
> You're the only user of ghes_edac. So please state which drivers you
> want blocked from loading on those platforms and where ghes_edac should
> load instead.

ghes_edac is used on Arm.  This original issue happened on a non-HPE
platform.  I am not sure if this chipset-specific edac vs ghes_edac ordering
issue is x86-specific.

It may be safer to add the ghes check to edac_mc_add_mc_with_groups()
to keep it protected from any edac driver.

Toshi