linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 14/14] scripts/ghes_inject: add a script to generate GHES error inject

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Message-ID: <20250203105651.00001a4e@huawei.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 10:56:51 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
CC: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>, "Michael S . Tsirkin"
	<mst@...hat.com>, Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@...wei.com>, <qemu-arm@...gnu.org>,
	<qemu-devel@...gnu.org>, Cleber Rosa <crosa@...hat.com>, John Snow
	<jsnow@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 14/14] scripts/ghes_inject: add a script to generate
 GHES error inject

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:42:55 +0100
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:

> Using the QMP GHESv2 API requires preparing a raw data array
> containing a CPER record.
> 
> Add a helper script with subcommands to prepare such data.
> 
> Currently, only ARM Processor error CPER record is supported, by
> using:
> 	$ ghes_inject.py arm
> 
> which produces those warnings on Linux:
> 
> [  705.032426] [Firmware Warn]: GHES: Unhandled processor error type 0x02: cache error
> [  774.866308] {4}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1
> [  774.866583] {4}[Hardware Error]: event severity: recoverable
> [  774.866738] {4}[Hardware Error]:  Error 0, type: recoverable
> [  774.866889] {4}[Hardware Error]:   section_type: ARM processor error
> [  774.867048] {4}[Hardware Error]:   MIDR: 0x00000000000f0510
> [  774.867189] {4}[Hardware Error]:   running state: 0x0
> [  774.867321] {4}[Hardware Error]:   Power State Coordination Interface state: 0
> [  774.867511] {4}[Hardware Error]:   Error info structure 0:
> [  774.867679] {4}[Hardware Error]:   num errors: 2
> [  774.867801] {4}[Hardware Error]:    error_type: 0x02: cache error
> [  774.867962] {4}[Hardware Error]:    error_info: 0x000000000091000f
> [  774.868124] {4}[Hardware Error]:     transaction type: Data Access
> [  774.868280] {4}[Hardware Error]:     cache error, operation type: Data write
> [  774.868465] {4}[Hardware Error]:     cache level: 2
> [  774.868592] {4}[Hardware Error]:     processor context not corrupted
> [  774.868774] [Firmware Warn]: GHES: Unhandled processor error type 0x02: cache error
> 
> Such script allows customizing the error data, allowing to change
> all fields at the record. Please use:
> 
> 	$ ghes_inject.py arm -h
> 
> For more details about its usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>

Thanks for examples.  Given my poor python skills take this one with
a pinch of salt.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>