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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-24 19:52:06 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-24 19:52:06 -0700 |
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Merge tag 'edac_for_4.2_2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp
Pull EDAC updates from Borislav Petkov:
- New APM X-Gene SoC EDAC driver (Loc Ho)
- AMD error injection module improvements (Aravind Gopalakrishnan)
- Altera Arria 10 support (Thor Thayer)
- misc fixes and cleanups all over the place
* tag 'edac_for_4.2_2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp: (28 commits)
EDAC: Update Documentation/edac.txt
EDAC: Fix typos in Documentation/edac.txt
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Set MISCV on injection
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Move bit preparations before the injection
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Cleanup and simplify README
EDAC, altera: Do not allow suspend when EDAC is enabled
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Make inj_type static
arm: socfpga: dts: Add Arria10 SDRAM EDAC DTS support
EDAC, altera: Add Arria10 EDAC support
EDAC, altera: Refactor for Altera CycloneV SoC
EDAC, altera: Generalize driver to use DT Memory size
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Add README file
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Add individual permissions field to dfs_node
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Modify flags attribute to use string arguments
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Read out number of MCE banks from the hardware
EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Use MCE_INJECT_GET macro for bank node too
EDAC, xgene: Fix cpuid abuse
EDAC, mpc85xx: Extend error address to 64 bit
EDAC, mpc8xxx: Adapt for FSL SoC
EDAC, edac_stub: Drop arch-specific include
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/altera/socfpga-sdram-edac.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt | 79 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/edac.txt | 289 |
3 files changed, 218 insertions, 152 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/altera/socfpga-sdram-edac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/altera/socfpga-sdram-edac.txt index d0ce01da5c59..f5ad0ff69fae 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/altera/socfpga-sdram-edac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/altera/socfpga-sdram-edac.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Altera SOCFPGA SDRAM Error Detection & Correction [EDAC] The EDAC accesses a range of registers in the SDRAM controller. Required properties: -- compatible : should contain "altr,sdram-edac"; +- compatible : should contain "altr,sdram-edac" or "altr,sdram-edac-a10" - altr,sdr-syscon : phandle of the sdr module - interrupts : Should contain the SDRAM ECC IRQ in the appropriate format for the IRQ controller. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..78edb80002c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +* APM X-Gene SoC EDAC node + +EDAC node is defined to describe on-chip error detection and correction. +The follow error types are supported: + + memory controller - Memory controller + PMD (L1/L2) - Processor module unit (PMD) L1/L2 cache + +The following section describes the EDAC DT node binding. + +Required properties: +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-edac". +- regmap-csw : Regmap of the CPU switch fabric (CSW) resource. +- regmap-mcba : Regmap of the MCB-A (memory bridge) resource. +- regmap-mcbb : Regmap of the MCB-B (memory bridge) resource. +- regmap-efuse : Regmap of the PMD efuse resource. +- reg : First resource shall be the CPU bus (PCP) resource. +- interrupts : Interrupt-specifier for MCU, PMD, L3, or SoC error + IRQ(s). + +Required properties for memory controller subnode: +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-edac-mc". +- reg : First resource shall be the memory controller unit + (MCU) resource. +- memory-controller : Instance number of the memory controller. + +Required properties for PMD subnode: +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-edac-pmd" or + "apm,xgene-edac-pmd-v2". +- reg : First resource shall be the PMD resource. +- pmd-controller : Instance number of the PMD controller. + +Example: + csw: csw@7e200000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-csw", "syscon"; + reg = <0x0 0x7e200000 0x0 0x1000>; + }; + + mcba: mcba@7e700000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-mcb", "syscon"; + reg = <0x0 0x7e700000 0x0 0x1000>; + }; + + mcbb: mcbb@7e720000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-mcb", "syscon"; + reg = <0x0 0x7e720000 0x0 0x1000>; + }; + + efuse: efuse@1054a000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-efuse", "syscon"; + reg = <0x0 0x1054a000 0x0 0x20>; + }; + + edac@78800000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-edac"; + #address-cells = <2>; + #size-cells = <2>; + ranges; + regmap-csw = <&csw>; + regmap-mcba = <&mcba>; + regmap-mcbb = <&mcbb>; + regmap-efuse = <&efuse>; + reg = <0x0 0x78800000 0x0 0x100>; + interrupts = <0x0 0x20 0x4>, + <0x0 0x21 0x4>, + <0x0 0x27 0x4>; + + edacmc@7e800000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-edac-mc"; + reg = <0x0 0x7e800000 0x0 0x1000>; + memory-controller = <0>; + }; + + edacpmd@7c000000 { + compatible = "apm,xgene-edac-pmd"; + reg = <0x0 0x7c000000 0x0 0x200000>; + pmd-controller = <0>; + }; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/edac.txt b/Documentation/edac.txt index 73fff13e848f..0cf27a3544a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/edac.txt +++ b/Documentation/edac.txt @@ -1,53 +1,34 @@ - - EDAC - Error Detection And Correction - -Written by Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com> -7 Dec 2005 -17 Jul 2007 Updated - -(c) Mauro Carvalho Chehab -05 Aug 2009 Nehalem interface - -EDAC is maintained and written by: - - Doug Thompson, Dave Jiang, Dave Peterson et al, - original author: Thayne Harbaugh, - -Contact: - website: bluesmoke.sourceforge.net - mailing list: bluesmoke-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +===================================== "bluesmoke" was the name for this device driver when it was "out-of-tree" and maintained at sourceforge.net. When it was pushed into 2.6.16 for the first time, it was renamed to 'EDAC'. -The bluesmoke project at sourceforge.net is now utilized as a 'staging area' -for EDAC development, before it is sent upstream to kernel.org - -At the bluesmoke/EDAC project site is a series of quilt patches against -recent kernels, stored in a SVN repository. For easier downloading, there -is also a tarball snapshot available. +PURPOSE +------- -============================================================================ -EDAC PURPOSE - -The 'edac' kernel module goal is to detect and report errors that occur -within the computer system running under linux. +The 'edac' kernel module's goal is to detect and report hardware errors +that occur within the computer system running under linux. MEMORY +------ -In the initial release, memory Correctable Errors (CE) and Uncorrectable -Errors (UE) are the primary errors being harvested. These types of errors -are harvested by the 'edac_mc' class of device. +Memory Correctable Errors (CE) and Uncorrectable Errors (UE) are the +primary errors being harvested. These types of errors are harvested by +the 'edac_mc' device. Detecting CE events, then harvesting those events and reporting them, -CAN be a predictor of future UE events. With CE events, the system can -continue to operate, but with less safety. Preventive maintenance and -proactive part replacement of memory DIMMs exhibiting CEs can reduce -the likelihood of the dreaded UE events and system 'panics'. +*can* but must not necessarily be a predictor of future UE events. With +CE events only, the system can and will continue to operate as no data +has been damaged yet. + +However, preventive maintenance and proactive part replacement of memory +DIMMs exhibiting CEs can reduce the likelihood of the dreaded UE events +and system panics. -NON-MEMORY +OTHER HARDWARE ELEMENTS +----------------------- A new feature for EDAC, the edac_device class of device, was added in the 2.6.23 version of the kernel. @@ -56,70 +37,57 @@ This new device type allows for non-memory type of ECC hardware detectors to have their states harvested and presented to userspace via the sysfs interface. -Some architectures have ECC detectors for L1, L2 and L3 caches, along with DMA -engines, fabric switches, main data path switches, interconnections, -and various other hardware data paths. If the hardware reports it, then -a edac_device device probably can be constructed to harvest and present -that to userspace. +Some architectures have ECC detectors for L1, L2 and L3 caches, +along with DMA engines, fabric switches, main data path switches, +interconnections, and various other hardware data paths. If the hardware +reports it, then a edac_device device probably can be constructed to +harvest and present that to userspace. PCI BUS SCANNING +---------------- -In addition, PCI Bus Parity and SERR Errors are scanned for on PCI devices -in order to determine if errors are occurring on data transfers. +In addition, PCI devices are scanned for PCI Bus Parity and SERR Errors +in order to determine if errors are occurring during data transfers. The presence of PCI Parity errors must be examined with a grain of salt. -There are several add-in adapters that do NOT follow the PCI specification +There are several add-in adapters that do *not* follow the PCI specification with regards to Parity generation and reporting. The specification says the vendor should tie the parity status bits to 0 if they do not intend to generate parity. Some vendors do not do this, and thus the parity bit can "float" giving false positives. -In the kernel there is a PCI device attribute located in sysfs that is -checked by the EDAC PCI scanning code. If that attribute is set, -PCI parity/error scanning is skipped for that device. The attribute -is: +There is a PCI device attribute located in sysfs that is checked by +the EDAC PCI scanning code. If that attribute is set, PCI parity/error +scanning is skipped for that device. The attribute is: broken_parity_status -as is located in /sys/devices/pci<XXX>/0000:XX:YY.Z directories for +and is located in /sys/devices/pci<XXX>/0000:XX:YY.Z directories for PCI devices. -FUTURE HARDWARE SCANNING -EDAC will have future error detectors that will be integrated with -EDAC or added to it, in the following list: - - MCE Machine Check Exception - MCA Machine Check Architecture - NMI NMI notification of ECC errors - MSRs Machine Specific Register error cases - and other mechanisms. - -These errors are usually bus errors, ECC errors, thermal throttling -and the like. - - -============================================================================ -EDAC VERSIONING +VERSIONING +---------- EDAC is composed of a "core" module (edac_core.ko) and several Memory -Controller (MC) driver modules. On a given system, the CORE -is loaded and one MC driver will be loaded. Both the CORE and -the MC driver (or edac_device driver) have individual versions that reflect -current release level of their respective modules. +Controller (MC) driver modules. On a given system, the CORE is loaded +and one MC driver will be loaded. Both the CORE and the MC driver (or +edac_device driver) have individual versions that reflect current +release level of their respective modules. -Thus, to "report" on what version a system is running, one must report both -the CORE's and the MC driver's versions. +Thus, to "report" on what version a system is running, one must report +both the CORE's and the MC driver's versions. LOADING +------- -If 'edac' was statically linked with the kernel then no loading is -necessary. If 'edac' was built as modules then simply modprobe the -'edac' pieces that you need. You should be able to modprobe -hardware-specific modules and have the dependencies load the necessary core -modules. +If 'edac' was statically linked with the kernel then no loading +is necessary. If 'edac' was built as modules then simply modprobe +the 'edac' pieces that you need. You should be able to modprobe +hardware-specific modules and have the dependencies load the necessary +core modules. Example: @@ -129,35 +97,33 @@ loads both the amd76x_edac.ko memory controller module and the edac_mc.ko core module. -============================================================================ -EDAC sysfs INTERFACE - -EDAC presents a 'sysfs' interface for control, reporting and attribute -reporting purposes. +SYSFS INTERFACE +--------------- -EDAC lives in the /sys/devices/system/edac directory. +EDAC presents a 'sysfs' interface for control and reporting purposes. It +lives in the /sys/devices/system/edac directory. -Within this directory there currently reside 2 'edac' components: +Within this directory there currently reside 2 components: mc memory controller(s) system pci PCI control and status system -============================================================================ + Memory Controller (mc) Model +---------------------------- -First a background on the memory controller's model abstracted in EDAC. -Each 'mc' device controls a set of DIMM memory modules. These modules are -laid out in a Chip-Select Row (csrowX) and Channel table (chX). There can -be multiple csrows and multiple channels. +Each 'mc' device controls a set of DIMM memory modules. These modules +are laid out in a Chip-Select Row (csrowX) and Channel table (chX). +There can be multiple csrows and multiple channels. -Memory controllers allow for several csrows, with 8 csrows being a typical value. -Yet, the actual number of csrows depends on the electrical "loading" -of a given motherboard, memory controller and DIMM characteristics. +Memory controllers allow for several csrows, with 8 csrows being a +typical value. Yet, the actual number of csrows depends on the layout of +a given motherboard, memory controller and DIMM characteristics. -Dual channels allows for 128 bit data transfers to the CPU from memory. -Some newer chipsets allow for more than 2 channels, like Fully Buffered DIMMs -(FB-DIMMs). The following example will assume 2 channels: +Dual channels allows for 128 bit data transfers to/from the CPU from/to +memory. Some newer chipsets allow for more than 2 channels, like Fully +Buffered DIMMs (FB-DIMMs). The following example will assume 2 channels: Channel 0 Channel 1 @@ -179,12 +145,12 @@ for memory DIMMs: DIMM_A1 DIMM_B1 -Labels for these slots are usually silk screened on the motherboard. Slots -labeled 'A' are channel 0 in this example. Slots labeled 'B' -are channel 1. Notice that there are two csrows possible on a -physical DIMM. These csrows are allocated their csrow assignment -based on the slot into which the memory DIMM is placed. Thus, when 1 DIMM -is placed in each Channel, the csrows cross both DIMMs. +Labels for these slots are usually silk-screened on the motherboard. +Slots labeled 'A' are channel 0 in this example. Slots labeled 'B' are +channel 1. Notice that there are two csrows possible on a physical DIMM. +These csrows are allocated their csrow assignment based on the slot into +which the memory DIMM is placed. Thus, when 1 DIMM is placed in each +Channel, the csrows cross both DIMMs. Memory DIMMs come single or dual "ranked". A rank is a populated csrow. Thus, 2 single ranked DIMMs, placed in slots DIMM_A0 and DIMM_B0 above @@ -193,8 +159,8 @@ when 2 dual ranked DIMMs are similarly placed, then both csrow0 and csrow1 will be populated. The pattern repeats itself for csrow2 and csrow3. -The representation of the above is reflected in the directory tree -in EDAC's sysfs interface. Starting in directory +The representation of the above is reflected in the directory +tree in EDAC's sysfs interface. Starting in directory /sys/devices/system/edac/mc each memory controller will be represented by its own 'mcX' directory, where 'X' is the index of the MC. @@ -217,34 +183,35 @@ Under each 'mcX' directory each 'csrowX' is again represented by a |->csrow3 .... -Notice that there is no csrow1, which indicates that csrow0 is -composed of a single ranked DIMMs. This should also apply in both -Channels, in order to have dual-channel mode be operational. Since -both csrow2 and csrow3 are populated, this indicates a dual ranked -set of DIMMs for channels 0 and 1. +Notice that there is no csrow1, which indicates that csrow0 is composed +of a single ranked DIMMs. This should also apply in both Channels, in +order to have dual-channel mode be operational. Since both csrow2 and +csrow3 are populated, this indicates a dual ranked set of DIMMs for +channels 0 and 1. -Within each of the 'mcX' and 'csrowX' directories are several -EDAC control and attribute files. +Within each of the 'mcX' and 'csrowX' directories are several EDAC +control and attribute files. -============================================================================ -'mcX' DIRECTORIES +'mcX' directories +----------------- In 'mcX' directories are EDAC control and attribute files for this 'X' instance of the memory controllers. For a description of the sysfs API, please see: - Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs/devices-edac + Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-edac + -============================================================================ -'csrowX' DIRECTORIES +'csrowX' directories +-------------------- -When CONFIG_EDAC_LEGACY_SYSFS is enabled, the sysfs will contain the -csrowX directories. As this API doesn't work properly for Rambus, FB-DIMMs -and modern Intel Memory Controllers, this is being deprecated in favor -of dimmX directories. +When CONFIG_EDAC_LEGACY_SYSFS is enabled, sysfs will contain the csrowX +directories. As this API doesn't work properly for Rambus, FB-DIMMs and +modern Intel Memory Controllers, this is being deprecated in favor of +dimmX directories. In the 'csrowX' directories are EDAC control and attribute files for this 'X' instance of csrow: @@ -265,18 +232,18 @@ Total Correctable Errors count attribute file: 'ce_count' This attribute file displays the total count of correctable - errors that have occurred on this csrow. This - count is very important to examine. CEs provide early - indications that a DIMM is beginning to fail. This count - field should be monitored for non-zero values and report - such information to the system administrator. + errors that have occurred on this csrow. This count is very + important to examine. CEs provide early indications that a + DIMM is beginning to fail. This count field should be + monitored for non-zero values and report such information + to the system administrator. Total memory managed by this csrow attribute file: 'size_mb' - This attribute file displays, in count of megabytes, of memory + This attribute file displays, in count of megabytes, the memory that this csrow contains. @@ -377,11 +344,13 @@ Channel 1 DIMM Label control file: motherboard specific and determination of this information must occur in userland at this time. -============================================================================ + + SYSTEM LOGGING +-------------- -If logging for UEs and CEs are enabled then system logs will have -error notices indicating errors that have been detected: +If logging for UEs and CEs is enabled, then system logs will contain +information indicating that errors have been detected: EDAC MC0: CE page 0x283, offset 0xce0, grain 8, syndrome 0x6ec3, row 0, channel 1 "DIMM_B1": amd76x_edac @@ -404,24 +373,23 @@ The structure of the message is: and then an optional, driver-specific message that may have additional information. -Both UEs and CEs with no info will lack all but memory controller, -error type, a notice of "no info" and then an optional, -driver-specific error message. +Both UEs and CEs with no info will lack all but memory controller, error +type, a notice of "no info" and then an optional, driver-specific error +message. -============================================================================ PCI Bus Parity Detection +------------------------ - -On Header Type 00 devices the primary status is looked at -for any parity error regardless of whether Parity is enabled on the -device. (The spec indicates parity is generated in some cases). -On Header Type 01 bridges, the secondary status register is also -looked at to see if parity occurred on the bus on the other side of -the bridge. +On Header Type 00 devices, the primary status is looked at for any +parity error regardless of whether parity is enabled on the device or +not. (The spec indicates parity is generated in some cases). On Header +Type 01 bridges, the secondary status register is also looked at to see +if parity occurred on the bus on the other side of the bridge. SYSFS CONFIGURATION +------------------- Under /sys/devices/system/edac/pci are control and attribute files as follows: @@ -450,8 +418,9 @@ Parity Count: have been detected. -============================================================================ + MODULE PARAMETERS +----------------- Panic on UE control file: @@ -516,7 +485,7 @@ Panic on PCI PARITY Error: 'panic_on_pci_parity' - This control files enables or disables panicking when a parity + This control file enables or disables panicking when a parity error has been detected. @@ -530,10 +499,8 @@ Panic on PCI PARITY Error: -======================================================================= - - -EDAC_DEVICE type of device +EDAC device type +---------------- In the header file, edac_core.h, there is a series of edac_device structures and APIs for the EDAC_DEVICE. @@ -573,6 +540,7 @@ The test_device_edac device adds at least one of its own custom control: The symlink points to the 'struct dev' that is registered for this edac_device. INSTANCES +--------- One or more instance directories are present. For the 'test_device_edac' case: @@ -586,6 +554,7 @@ counter in deeper subdirectories. ue_count total of UE events of subdirectories BLOCKS +------ At the lowest directory level is the 'block' directory. There can be 0, 1 or more blocks specified in each instance. @@ -617,14 +586,15 @@ The 'test_device_edac' device adds 4 attributes and 1 control: reset all the above counters. -Use of the 'test_device_edac' driver should any others to create their own +Use of the 'test_device_edac' driver should enable any others to create their own unique drivers for their hardware systems. The 'test_device_edac' sample driver is located at the bluesmoke.sourceforge.net project site for EDAC. -======================================================================= + NEHALEM USAGE OF EDAC APIs +-------------------------- This chapter documents some EXPERIMENTAL mappings for EDAC API to handle Nehalem EDAC driver. They will likely be changed on future versions @@ -633,7 +603,7 @@ of the driver. Due to the way Nehalem exports Memory Controller data, some adjustments were done at i7core_edac driver. This chapter will cover those differences -1) On Nehalem, there are one Memory Controller per Quick Patch Interconnect +1) On Nehalem, there is one Memory Controller per Quick Patch Interconnect (QPI). At the driver, the term "socket" means one QPI. This is associated with a physical CPU socket. @@ -642,7 +612,7 @@ were done at i7core_edac driver. This chapter will cover those differences Each channel can have up to 3 DIMMs. The minimum known unity is DIMMs. There are no information about csrows. - As EDAC API maps the minimum unity is csrows, the driver sequencially + As EDAC API maps the minimum unity is csrows, the driver sequentially maps channel/dimm into different csrows. For example, supposing the following layout: @@ -664,7 +634,7 @@ exports one Each QPI is exported as a different memory controller. -2) Nehalem MC has the hability to generate errors. The driver implements this +2) Nehalem MC has the ability to generate errors. The driver implements this functionality via some error injection nodes: For injecting a memory error, there are some sysfs nodes, under @@ -771,5 +741,22 @@ exports one The standard error counters are generated when an mcelog error is received by the driver. Since, with udimm, this is counted by software, it is - possible that some errors could be lost. With rdimm's, they displays the + possible that some errors could be lost. With rdimm's, they display the contents of the registers + +CREDITS: +======== + +Written by Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com> +7 Dec 2005 +17 Jul 2007 Updated + +(c) Mauro Carvalho Chehab +05 Aug 2009 Nehalem interface + +EDAC authors/maintainers: + + Doug Thompson, Dave Jiang, Dave Peterson et al, + Mauro Carvalho Chehab + Borislav Petkov + original author: Thayne Harbaugh |