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| author | Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev> | 2026-09-22 19:14:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> | 2026-09-23 12:34:30 +0000 |
| commit | 2bc6b218717b9d08f466f88209251d54bc09b207 (patch) | |
| tree | cb91c941eccb15f94cbec4e96aa3a9c8736b5d66 /Documentation/driver-api/hw-recoverable-errors.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-2bc6b218717b9d08f466f88209251d54bc09b207.tar.gz linux-stable-2bc6b218717b9d08f466f88209251d54bc09b207.zip | |
arm64/boot: Disable trapping of PMZR_EL0 writes to EL2grafted
__init_el2_fgt2() writes one mask to both HDFGRTR2_EL2 and HDFGWTR2_EL2.
PMZR_EL0 is write-only, so its trap bit, nPMZR_EL0, exists only in
HDFGWTR2_EL2 and is therefore never set: a PMZR_EL0 write from the host
traps to EL2, where the nVHE hypervisor has no handler and BUG()s. The
kernel never writes PMZR_EL0, but kernel.perf_user_access=1 has the PMU
driver set PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN for a task with a user-read event, so a
write from EL0 reaches the trap and takes the host down without a panic
message.
Accumulate the HDFGWTR2_EL2 bits separately, as __init_el2_fgt() already
does for HDFGWTR_EL2, and set nPMZR_EL0 with the other FEAT_PMUv3p9
bits.
Fixes: 858c7bfcb35e1 ("arm64/boot: Enable EL2 requirements for FEAT_PMUv3p9")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/hw-recoverable-errors.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/hw-recoverable-errors.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fc526c345 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/hw-recoverable-errors.rst @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================================================= +Recoverable Hardware Error Tracking in vmcoreinfo +================================================= + +Overview +-------- + +This feature provides a generic infrastructure within the Linux kernel to track +and log recoverable hardware errors. These are hardware recoverable errors +visible that might not cause immediate panics but may influence health, mainly +because new code path will be executed in the kernel. + +By recording counts and timestamps of recoverable errors into the vmcoreinfo +crash dump notes, this infrastructure aids post-mortem crash analysis tools in +correlating hardware events with kernel failures. This enables faster triage +and better understanding of root causes, especially in large-scale cloud +environments where hardware issues are common. + +Benefits +-------- + +- Facilitates correlation of hardware recoverable errors with kernel panics or + unusual code paths that lead to system crashes. +- Provides operators and cloud providers quick insights, improving reliability + and reducing troubleshooting time. +- Complements existing full hardware diagnostics without replacing them. + +Data Exposure and Consumption +----------------------------- + +- The tracked error data consists of per-error-type counts and timestamps of + last occurrence. +- This data is stored in the `hwerror_data` array, categorized by error source + types like CPU, memory, PCI, CXL, and others. +- It is exposed via vmcoreinfo crash dump notes and can be read using tools + like `crash`, `drgn`, or other kernel crash analysis utilities. +- There is no other way to read these data other than from crash dumps. +- These errors are divided by area, which includes CPU, Memory, PCI, CXL and + others. + +Typical usage example (in drgn REPL): + +.. code-block:: python + + >>> prog['hwerror_data'] + (struct hwerror_info[HWERR_RECOV_MAX]){ + { + .count = (int)844, + .timestamp = (time64_t)1752852018, + }, + ... + } + +Enabling +-------- + +- This feature is enabled when CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO is set. + |
