linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 12/17] cxl/pci: Add error handler for CXL PCIe Port RAS errors

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Message-ID: <67c7994bd79b1_1327329455@iweiny-mobl.notmuch>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 18:22:35 -0600
From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>, <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	<nifan.cxl@...il.com>, <dave@...olabs.net>, <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
	<dave.jiang@...el.com>, <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
	<vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	<bhelgaas@...gle.com>, <mahesh@...ux.ibm.com>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	<oohall@...il.com>, <Benjamin.Cheatham@....com>, <rrichter@....com>,
	<nathan.fontenot@....com>, <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com>,
	<lukas@...ner.de>, <ming.li@...omail.com>,
	<PradeepVineshReddy.Kodamati@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 12/17] cxl/pci: Add error handler for CXL PCIe Port
 RAS errors

Terry Bowman wrote:
> Introduce correctable and uncorrectable (UCE) CXL PCIe Port Protocol Error
> handlers.
> 
> The handlers will be called with a 'struct pci_dev' parameter
> indicating the CXL Port device requiring handling. The CXL PCIe Port
> device's underlying 'struct device' will match the port device in the
> CXL topology.
> 
> Use the PCIe Port's device object to find the matching CXL Upstream Switch
> Port, CXL Downstream Switch Port, or CXL Root Port in the CXL topology. The
> matching CXL Port device should contain a cached reference to the RAS
> register block. The cached RAS block will be used in handling the error.
> 
> Invoke the existing __cxl_handle_ras() or __cxl_handle_cor_ras() using
> a reference to the RAS registers as a parameter. These functions will use
> the RAS register reference to indicate an error and clear the device's RAS
> status.
> 
> Update __cxl_handle_ras() to return PCI_ERS_RESULT_PANIC in the case
> an error is present in the RAS status. Otherwise, return
> PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>

[snip]

> +
> +static void cxl_port_cor_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev)

This causes a build error in this patch because it is defined but not used
until later.

Might be worth deferring to the future patch?

Ira