Re: [PATCH] Re: [Patch] MCE, APEI: Don't enable CMCI when Firmware First mode is set in

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On 06/16/2013 05:50 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:47:21PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
+static int __init hest_parse_cmc(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr, void *data)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct acpi_hest_ia_corrected *cmc;
+	struct acpi_hest_ia_error_bank *mc_bank;
+
+	if (hest_hdr->type != ACPI_HEST_TYPE_IA32_CORRECTED_CHECK)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!((struct acpi_hest_generic *)hest_hdr)->enabled)
+		return 0;
+
+	cmc = (struct acpi_hest_ia_corrected *)hest_hdr;
+	if (!(cmc->flags & ACPI_HEST_FIRMWARE_FIRST))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We expect HEST to provide a list of MC banks that
+	 * report errors through firmware first mode.
+	 */
+	if (cmc->num_hardware_banks <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	pr_info("HEST: Enabling Firmware First mode for corrected errors\n");
+
+	mc_bank = (struct acpi_hest_ia_error_bank *)(cmc + 1);
+	for (i = 0; i < cmc->num_hardware_banks; i++, mc_bank++)
+		mce_disable_bank(mc_bank->bank_number);

One more thing: we never trust the BIOS so mce_disable_bank() should
sanity-check this mc_bank->bank_number against the number of the
actually available banks on the system before disabling anything.

Agreed. Will add the check.


Thanks.


Thanks,
Naveen

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