Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6 v6] ACPI: extlog: Trace CPER CXL Protocol Error Section

From: Jonathan Cameron <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:06:09 +0000

On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:25:41 +0200
"Fabio M. De Francesco" <[email-masked]> 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. The errors managed by ELOG are
> signaled to the BIOS by the I/O Machine Check Architecture (I/O MCA).
> 
> Currently, ELOG and GHES show some inconsistencies in how they report to
> userspace via trace events.
> 
> Therefore, make the two mentioned paths act similarly by tracing the CPER
> CXL Protocol Error Section (UEFI v2.10, Appendix N.2.13).
> 
> Cc: Dan Williams <[email-masked]>
> Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <[email-masked]>

Just one small question.   With that addressed, 
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <[email-masked]>

> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c b/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
> index 2731ba3a0799..3f527b0c6509 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
> @@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ static void cxl_cper_handle_prot_err(struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data *data)
>  		cxl_cper_trace_uncorr_prot_err(cxlmd, data->ras_cap);
>  }
>  
> +void cxl_cper_ras_handle_prot_err(struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data *wd)

Why do we need this wrapper?  The name is a bit more general, so if you
do need it, then why not instead just rename cxl_cper_handle_prot_err()

> +{
> +	cxl_cper_handle_prot_err(wd);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_cper_ras_handle_prot_err);
> +
>  static void cxl_cper_prot_err_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
>  {
>  	struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data wd;
> diff --git a/include/cxl/event.h b/include/cxl/event.h
> index 94081aec597a..a37eef112411 100644
> --- a/include/cxl/event.h
> +++ b/include/cxl/event.h
> @@ -340,4 +340,6 @@ cxl_cper_setup_prot_err_work_data(struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data *wd,
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> +void cxl_cper_ras_handle_prot_err(struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data *wd);
> +
>  #endif /* _LINUX_CXL_EVENT_H */