[PATCH v3] powerpc/papr_scm: Implement initial support for injecting smart errors

[Ira Weiny]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 05:32:52PM +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
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>  
> +/* Inject a smart error Add the dirty-shutdown-counter value to the pdsm */
> +static int papr_pdsm_smart_inject(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
> +				  union nd_pdsm_payload *payload)
> +{
> +	int rc;
> +	u32 supported_flags = 0;
> +	u64 mask = 0, override = 0;
> +
> +	/* Check for individual smart error flags and update mask and override */
> +	if (payload->smart_inject.flags & PDSM_SMART_INJECT_HEALTH_FATAL) {
> +		supported_flags |= PDSM_SMART_INJECT_HEALTH_FATAL;
> +		mask |= PAPR_PMEM_HEALTH_FATAL;
> +		override |= payload->smart_inject.fatal_enable ?
> +			PAPR_PMEM_HEALTH_FATAL : 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (payload->smart_inject.flags & PDSM_SMART_INJECT_BAD_SHUTDOWN) {
> +		supported_flags |= PDSM_SMART_INJECT_BAD_SHUTDOWN;
> +		mask |= PAPR_PMEM_SHUTDOWN_DIRTY;
> +		override |= payload->smart_inject.unsafe_shutdown_enable ?
> +			PAPR_PMEM_SHUTDOWN_DIRTY : 0;
> +	}
> +

I'm struggling to see why there is a need for both a flag and an 8 bit 'enable'
value?

Ira