x86/mce: Save and use APEI corrected threshold limit

The MCA threshold limit generally is not something that needs to change during
runtime. It is common for a system administrator to decide on a policy for
their managed systems.

If MCA thresholding is OS-managed, then the threshold limit must be set at
every boot. However, many systems allow the user to set a value in their BIOS.
And this is reported through an APEI HEST entry even if thresholding is not in
FW-First mode.

Use this value, if available, to set the OS-managed threshold limit.  Users
can still override it through sysfs if desired for testing or debug.

APEI is parsed after MCE is initialized. So reset the thresholding blocks
later to pick up the threshold limit.

Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20251104-wip-mca-updates-v8-0-66c8eacf67b9@amd.com
This commit is contained in:
Yazen Ghannam
2025-11-04 14:55:45 +00:00
committed by Borislav Petkov (AMD)
parent 56f17be67a
commit eeb3f76d73
5 changed files with 39 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct mce, injectm);
/* Disable CMCI/polling for MCA bank claimed by firmware */
extern void mce_disable_bank(int bank);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
void mce_save_apei_thr_limit(u32 thr_limit);
#else
static inline void mce_save_apei_thr_limit(u32 thr_limit) { }
#endif /* CONFIG_X86_MCE_THRESHOLD */
/*
* Exception handler
*/

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@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ int arch_apei_enable_cmcff(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr, void *data)
if (!cmc->enabled)
return 0;
mce_save_apei_thr_limit(cmc->notify.error_threshold_value);
/*
* We expect HEST to provide a list of MC banks that report errors
* in firmware first mode. Otherwise, return non-zero value to

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@@ -489,6 +489,18 @@ static void threshold_restart_bank(unsigned int bank, bool intr_en)
}
}
/* Try to use the threshold limit reported through APEI. */
static u16 get_thr_limit(void)
{
u32 thr_limit = mce_get_apei_thr_limit();
/* Fallback to old default if APEI limit is not available. */
if (!thr_limit)
return THRESHOLD_MAX;
return min(thr_limit, THRESHOLD_MAX);
}
static void mce_threshold_block_init(struct threshold_block *b, int offset)
{
struct thresh_restart tr = {
@@ -497,7 +509,7 @@ static void mce_threshold_block_init(struct threshold_block *b, int offset)
.lvt_off = offset,
};
b->threshold_limit = THRESHOLD_MAX;
b->threshold_limit = get_thr_limit();
threshold_restart_block(&tr);
};
@@ -1071,7 +1083,7 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb
b->address = address;
b->interrupt_enable = 0;
b->interrupt_capable = lvt_interrupt_supported(bank, high);
b->threshold_limit = THRESHOLD_MAX;
b->threshold_limit = get_thr_limit();
if (b->interrupt_capable) {
default_attrs[2] = &interrupt_enable.attr;
@@ -1082,6 +1094,8 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb
list_add(&b->miscj, &tb->miscj);
mce_threshold_block_init(b, (high & MASK_LVTOFF_HI) >> 20);
err = kobject_init_and_add(&b->kobj, &threshold_ktype, tb->kobj, get_name(cpu, bank, b));
if (err)
goto out_free;

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@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ void mce_track_storm(struct mce *mce);
void mce_inherit_storm(unsigned int bank);
bool mce_get_storm_mode(void);
void mce_set_storm_mode(bool storm);
u32 mce_get_apei_thr_limit(void);
#else
static inline void cmci_storm_begin(unsigned int bank) {}
static inline void cmci_storm_end(unsigned int bank) {}
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ static inline void mce_track_storm(struct mce *mce) {}
static inline void mce_inherit_storm(unsigned int bank) {}
static inline bool mce_get_storm_mode(void) { return false; }
static inline void mce_set_storm_mode(bool storm) {}
static inline u32 mce_get_apei_thr_limit(void) { return 0; }
#endif
/*

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@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@
#include "internal.h"
static u32 mce_apei_thr_limit;
void mce_save_apei_thr_limit(u32 thr_limit)
{
mce_apei_thr_limit = thr_limit;
pr_info("HEST corrected error threshold limit: %u\n", thr_limit);
}
u32 mce_get_apei_thr_limit(void)
{
return mce_apei_thr_limit;
}
static void default_threshold_interrupt(void)
{
pr_err("Unexpected threshold interrupt at vector %x\n",