Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6 v6] acpi/ghes: Add helper for CXL protocol errors checks

From: Jonathan Cameron <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:54:15 +0000

On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:25:39 +0200
"Fabio M. De Francesco" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Move the CPER CXL protocol errors validity out of

validity check

> cxl_cper_post_prot_err() to cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid() and limit the

to new cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid() 

as otherwise it sounds like it already exists.

> serial number check only to CXL agents that are CXL devices (UEFI v2.10,
> Appendix N.2.13).

Perhaps a little more here on why.  I assume because you are going to have
a second user for it, but good to say that. Also serves to justify the
export.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  include/cxl/event.h      | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> index d6fe5f020e96..e69ae864f43d 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> @@ -706,30 +706,42 @@ static DEFINE_KFIFO(cxl_cper_prot_err_fifo, struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data,
>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cxl_cper_prot_err_work_lock);
>  struct work_struct *cxl_cper_prot_err_work;
>  
> -static void cxl_cper_post_prot_err(struct cxl_cper_sec_prot_err *prot_err,
> -				   int severity)
> +int cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid(struct cxl_cper_sec_prot_err *prot_err)

Useful to return an error number?  Or would a bool be better given it is either
valid or not?

Otherwise looks good to me,

Jonathan

>  {
> -	struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data wd;
> -	u8 *dvsec_start, *cap_start;
> -
>  	if (!(prot_err->valid_bits & PROT_ERR_VALID_AGENT_ADDRESS)) {
>  		pr_err_ratelimited("CXL CPER invalid agent type\n");
> -		return;
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!(prot_err->valid_bits & PROT_ERR_VALID_ERROR_LOG)) {
>  		pr_err_ratelimited("CXL CPER invalid protocol error log\n");
> -		return;
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (prot_err->err_len != sizeof(struct cxl_ras_capability_regs)) {
>  		pr_err_ratelimited("CXL CPER invalid RAS Cap size (%u)\n",
>  				   prot_err->err_len);
> -		return;
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!(prot_err->valid_bits & PROT_ERR_VALID_SERIAL_NUMBER))
> -		pr_warn(FW_WARN "CXL CPER no device serial number\n");
> +	if ((prot_err->agent_type == RCD || prot_err->agent_type == DEVICE ||
> +	     prot_err->agent_type == LD || prot_err->agent_type == FMLD) &&
> +	    !(prot_err->valid_bits & PROT_ERR_VALID_SERIAL_NUMBER))
> +		pr_warn_ratelimited(FW_WARN
> +				    "CXL CPER no device serial number\n");
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid);
> +
> +static void cxl_cper_post_prot_err(struct cxl_cper_sec_prot_err *prot_err,
> +				   int severity)
> +{
> +	struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data wd;
> +	u8 *dvsec_start, *cap_start;
> +
> +	if (cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid(prot_err))
> +		return;
>  
>  	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&cxl_cper_prot_err_work_lock);
>