On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 04:54:45PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> The ghes_edac driver was introduced in 2013 [1], but it has not
> been enabled by any distro yet. This driver obtains error info
> from firmware interfaces, which are not properly implemented on
> many platforms, as the driver always emits the messages below:
>
> This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get error reports.
> Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout correctly
> So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to vendor
> If you find incorrect reports, please contact your hardware vendor
> to correct its BIOS.
>
> To get out from this situation, add a platform check to selectively
> enable the driver on the platforms that are known to have proper
> firmware implementation. Platform vendors can add their platforms
> to the list when they support ghes_edac.
>
> "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips this platform check.
>
> [1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/538438/
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.k...@hpe.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mche...@kernel.org>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.l...@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> index 8d904df..0030a09 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ static struct ghes_edac_pvt *ghes_pvt;
> */
> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_lock);
>
> +/* Set 1 to skip the platform check */
> +static bool __read_mostly ghes_edac_force_load;
It is static - "force_load" as a bool name is enough.
> +module_param_named(force_load, ghes_edac_force_load, bool, 0);
ERROR: Use 4 digit octal (0777) not decimal permissions
#53: FILE: drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c:43:
+module_param_named(force_load, ghes_edac_force_load, bool, 0);
This last param is @perm: visibility in sysfs. Why not visible in sysfs?
> +
> /* Memory Device - Type 17 of SMBIOS spec */
> struct memdev_dmi_entry {
> u8 type;
> @@ -415,6 +419,15 @@ void ghes_edac_report_mem_error(struct ghes *ghes, int
> sev,
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ghes_lock, flags);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Known systems that are safe to enable this module.
> + * "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips this check if necessary.
Put this second sentence over the parameter definition.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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