Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPI/APEI: Force fatal AER severity when bus has been reset

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On 05/28/2013 12:48 PM, Betty Dall wrote:
> The CPER error record has a reset bit that indicates that the platform
> has reset the bus. The reset bit can be set for any severity error
> including recoverable.  From the AER code path's perspective,
> any error is fatal if the bus has been reset. This patch upgrades the
> severity of the AER recovery to AER_FATAL whenever the CPER error record
> indicates that the bus has been reset.
>
> Signed-off-by: Betty Dall <betty.dall@xxxxxx>
> ---
>
>   drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>   1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> index d668a8a..4a42afc 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> @@ -451,7 +451,26 @@ static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
>   				int aer_severity;
>   				devfn = PCI_DEVFN(pcie_err->device_id.device,
>   						  pcie_err->device_id.function);
> -				aer_severity = cper_severity_to_aer(sev);
> +				/*
> +				 * Some Firmware First implementations
> +				 * put the device in SBR to contain
> +				 * the error. This is indicated by the
> +				 * CPER Section Decriptor Flags reset

Nit Pick, change "Decriptor" to "Descriptor".

--
Greg

> +				 * bit which means the component must
> +				 * be re-initialized or re-enabled
> +				 * prior to use. Promoting the AER
> +				 * serverity to FATAL will cause the
> +				 * AER code to link_reset and allow
> +				 * drivers to reprogram their cards.
> +				 */
> +				if (gdata->flags & CPER_SEC_RESET)
> +					aer_severity = cper_severity_to_aer(
> +							CPER_SEV_FATAL);
> +				else
> +					aer_severity =
> +						cper_severity_to_aer(sev);
> +
> +
>   				aer_recover_queue(pcie_err->device_id.segment,
>   						  pcie_err->device_id.bus,
>   						  devfn, aer_severity);
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