[PATCH v2 1/4] PCI/AER: Store more information in aer_err_info

[Wang, Qingshun]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 05:12:31PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 02:27:59PM +0800, Wang, Qingshun wrote:
> > When Advisory Non-Fatal errors are raised, both correctable and
> > uncorrectable error statuses will be set. The current kernel code cannot
> > store both statuses at the same time, thus failing to handle ANFE properly.
> > In addition, to avoid clearing UEs that are not ANFE by accident, UE
> > severity and Device Status also need to be recorded: any fatal UE cannot
> > be ANFE, and if Fatal/Non-Fatal Error Detected is set in Device Status, do
> > not take any assumption and let UE handler to clear UE status.
> > 
> > Store status and mask of both correctable and uncorrectable errors in
> > aer_err_info. The severity of UEs and the values of the Device Status
> > register are also recorded, which will be used to determine UEs that should
> > be handled by the ANFE handler. Refactor the rest of the code to use
> > cor/uncor_status and cor/uncor_mask fields instead of status and mask
> > fields.
> 
> There's a lot going on in this patch.  Could it possibly be split up a
> bit, e.g., first tease apart aer_err_info.status/.mask into
> .cor_status/mask and .uncor_status/mask, then add .uncor_severity,
> then add the device_status bit separately?  If it could be split up, I
> think the ANFE case would be easier to see.
> 
> Thanks a lot for working on this area!
> 
> Bjorn

Thanks for the feedback! Will split it up into two pacthes in the next
version.

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Best regards,
Wang, Qingshun