lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0g80j4iFMXYDKek8VBYsa0g35avvw+UK6RxutcmxSX+WA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:11:45 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fabio.m.de.francesco@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, Rafael J Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org>, 
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, 
	Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, 
	Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, 
	Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>, Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, 
	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, 
	Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.ibm.com>, "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>, 
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, 
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5 v9] Make ELOG and GHES log and trace consistently

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM Fabio M. De Francesco
<fabio.m.de.francesco@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> When Firmware First is enabled, BIOS handles errors first and then it
> makes them available to the kernel via the Common Platform Error Record
> (CPER) sections (UEFI 2.10 Appendix N). Linux parses the CPER sections
> via one of two similar paths, either ELOG or GHES.
>
> Currently, ELOG and GHES show some inconsistencies in how they print to
> the kernel log as well as in how they report to userspace via trace
> events.
>
> Make the two mentioned paths act similarly for what relates to logging
> and tracing.
>
> --- Changes for v9 ---
>
>         - #include linux/printk.h for pr_*_ratelimited() in ghes_helpers.c
>           Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>           Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512240711.Iv57ik8I-lkp@intel.com/
>
> --- Changes for v8 ---
>
>         - Don't make GHES dependend on PCI and drop patch 3/6 -
>           incidentally it works out the issues that the KTR found with v7
>           (Jonathan, Hanjun)
>         - Don't have EXTLOG dependend on CXL_BUS and move the new helpers
>           to a new file, then link it to ghes.c only if ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER is
>           selected. Placing the new helpers to their own translation unit seems
>           be a more flexible and safer solution than messing with Kconfig or
>           with conditional compilation macros within ghes.c. PCI may not be an
>           option in embedded platforms
>
> --- Changes for v7 ---
>
>         - Reference UEFI v2.11 (Sathyanarayanan)
>         - Substitute !(A || B) with !(A && B) in an 'if' statement to
>           convey the intended logic (Jonathan)
>         - Make ACPI_APEI_GHES explicitly select PCIAER because the needed
>           ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER doesn't recursively select that prerequisite (Jonathan)
>           Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>           Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202510232204.7aYBpl7h-lkp@intel.com/
>           Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202510232204.XIXgPWD7-lkp@intel.com/
>         - Don't add the unnecessary cxl_cper_ras_handle_prot_err() wrapper
>           for cxl_cper_handle_prot_err() (Jonathan)
>         - Make ACPI_EXTLOG explicitly select PCIAER && ACPI_APEI because
>           the needed ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER doesn't recursively select the
>           prerequisites
>         - Make ACPI_EXTLOG select CXL_BUS
>
> --- Changes for v6 ---
>
>         - Rename the helper that copies the CPER CXL protocol error
>           information to work struct (Dave)
>         - Return -EOPNOTSUPP (instead of -EINVAL) from the two helpers if
>           ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER is not defined (Dave)
>
> --- Changes for v5 ---
>
>         - Add 3/6 to select ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER for GHES
>         - Add 4,5/6 to move common code between ELOG and GHES out to new
>           helpers use them in 6/6 (Jonathan).
>
> --- Changes for v4 ---
>
>         - Re-base on top of recent changes of the AER error logging and
>           drop obsoleted 2/4 (Sathyanarayanan)
>         - Log with pr_warn_ratelimited() (Dave)
>         - Collect tags
> --- Changes for v3 ---
>
>     1/4, 2/4:
>         - collect tags; no functional changes
>     3/4:
>         - Invert logic of checks (Yazen)
>         - Select CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER (Yazen)
>     4/4:
>         - Check serial number only for CXL devices (Yazen)
>         - Replace "invalid" with "unknown" in the output of a pr_err()
>           (Yazen)
>
> --- Changes for v2 ---
>
>         - Add a patch to pass log levels to pci_print_aer() (Dan)
>         - Add a patch to trace CPER CXL Protocol Errors
>         - Rework commit messages (Dan)
>         - Use log_non_standard_event() (Bjorn)
>
> --- Changes for v1 ---
>
>         - Drop the RFC prefix and restart from PATCH v1
>         - Drop patch 3/3 because a discussion on it has not yet been
>           settled
>         - Drop namespacing in export of pci_print_aer while() (Dan)
>         - Don't use '#ifdef' in *.c files (Dan)
>         - Drop a reference on pdev after operation is complete (Dan)
>         - Don't log an error message if pdev is NULL (Dan)
>
> Fabio M. De Francesco (5):
>   ACPI: extlog: Trace CPER Non-standard Section Body
>   ACPI: extlog: Trace CPER PCI Express Error Section
>   acpi/ghes: Add helper for CPER CXL protocol errors checks
>   acpi/ghes: Add helper to copy CPER CXL protocol error info to work
>     struct
>   ACPI: extlog: Trace CPER CXL Protocol Error Section
>
>  drivers/acpi/Kconfig             |  2 +
>  drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c       | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/apei/Makefile       |  1 +
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c         | 40 +------------------
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes_helpers.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/cxl/core/ras.c           |  3 +-
>  drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c           |  2 +-
>  include/cxl/event.h              | 22 +++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/apei/ghes_helpers.c
>
>
> base-commit: b71e635feefc8
> --

Applied as 6.20 material, thanks!

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ