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

Fabio M. De Francesco fabio.m.de.francesco at linux.intel.com
Thu Oct 23 23:25:39 AEDT 2025


Move the CPER CXL protocol errors validity out of
cxl_cper_post_prot_err() to cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid() and limit the
serial number check only to CXL agents that are CXL devices (UEFI v2.10,
Appendix N.2.13).

Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.m.de.francesco at linux.intel.com>
---
 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)
 {
-	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);
 
diff --git a/include/cxl/event.h b/include/cxl/event.h
index 6fd90f9cc203..4d7d1036ea9c 100644
--- a/include/cxl/event.h
+++ b/include/cxl/event.h
@@ -320,4 +320,14 @@ static inline int cxl_cper_prot_err_kfifo_get(struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER
+int cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid(struct cxl_cper_sec_prot_err *prot_err);
+#else
+static inline int
+cxl_cper_sec_prot_err_valid(struct cxl_cper_sec_prot_err *prot_err)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_CXL_EVENT_H */
-- 
2.51.0



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