[PATCH v8 3/9] misc: smpro-errmon: Add Ampere's SMpro error monitor driver

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 09:43:39PM +0700, Quan Nguyen wrote:
> On 22/04/2022 13:20, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 09:46:47AM +0700, Quan Nguyen wrote:
> > > This commit adds Ampere's SMpro error monitor driver for monitoring
> > > and reporting RAS-related errors as reported by SMpro co-processor
> > > found on Ampere's Altra processor family.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Quan Nguyen <quan at os.amperecomputing.com>
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v8:
> > >    + Update wording for SMPRO_ERRMON on Kconfig file             [Quan]
> > >    + Avoid uninitialized variable use               [kernel test robot]
> > >    + Switch to use sysfs_emit()                                  [Greg]
> > >    + Make sysfs to return single value                           [Greg]
> > >    + Change errors_* sysfs to error_*                            [Quan]
> > >    + Add overflow_[core|mem|pcie|other]_[ce|ue] sysfs to report
> > >    overflow status of each type of HW errors                     [Quan]
> > >    + Add some minor refactor                                     [Quan]
> > > 
> > > Changes in v7:
> > >    + Remove regmap_acquire/release_lock(), read_i2c_block_data() [Quan]
> > >    + Use regmap_noinc_read() instead of errmon_read_block()      [Quan]
> > >    + Validate number of errors before read                       [Quan]
> > >    + Fix wrong return type of *_show() function     [kernel test robot]
> > >    + Adjust patch order to avoid dependence with smpro-mfd  [Lee Jones]
> > >    + Use pointer instead of stack memory                         [Quan]
> > > 
> > > Changes in v6:
> > >    + First introduced in v6 [Quan]
> > > 
> > >   drivers/misc/Kconfig        |  12 +
> > >   drivers/misc/Makefile       |   1 +
> > >   drivers/misc/smpro-errmon.c | 477 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   3 files changed, 490 insertions(+)
> > >   create mode 100644 drivers/misc/smpro-errmon.c
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > > index 41d2bb0ae23a..9fbe6797c440 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > > @@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ config SGI_XP
> > >   	  this feature will allow for direct communication between SSIs
> > >   	  based on a network adapter and DMA messaging.
> > > +config SMPRO_ERRMON
> > > +	tristate "Ampere Computing SMPro error monitor driver"
> > > +	depends on MFD_SMPRO || COMPILE_TEST
> > > +	help
> > > +	  Say Y here to get support for the SMpro error monitor function
> > > +	  provided by Ampere Computing's Altra and Altra Max SoCs. Upon
> > > +	  loading, the driver creates sysfs files which can be use to gather
> > > +	  multiple HW error data reported via read and write system calls.
> > > +
> > > +	  To compile this driver as a module, say M here. The driver will be
> > > +	  called smpro-errmon.
> > > +
> > >   config CS5535_MFGPT
> > >   	tristate "CS5535/CS5536 Geode Multi-Function General Purpose Timer (MFGPT) support"
> > >   	depends on MFD_CS5535
> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> > > index 70e800e9127f..483308a6e113 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
> > > +++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> > > @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ENCLOSURE_SERVICES) += enclosure.o
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS)	+= kgdbts.o
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_SGI_XP)		+= sgi-xp/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_SGI_GRU)		+= sgi-gru/
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_SMPRO_ERRMON)	+= smpro-errmon.o
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_CS5535_MFGPT)	+= cs5535-mfgpt.o
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_GEHC_ACHC)		+= gehc-achc.o
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_HP_ILO)		+= hpilo.o
> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/smpro-errmon.c b/drivers/misc/smpro-errmon.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..df7d8fc4ff3f
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/misc/smpro-errmon.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,477 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> > 
> > Are you sure you mean "or any later version"?  I have to ask.
> > 
> 
> Thank Greg for the review.
> 
> Will change all to SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later in next
> version.

That is not what I am asking (the SPDX tag format).  I mean, do you
really mean "or later" for your license as that is not the license of
the kernel overall?  If so, wonderful, but I have to ask that as your
legal group needs to be aware of it, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h