Commit f2f3dca1 authored by Borislav Petkov's avatar Borislav Petkov

EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Cleanup and simplify README

Save us an indentation level, widen to 80 cols, make the text more
succinct and slender. Use i as the bank variable, same as what the
documentation uses.
Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
parent 6f2b6422
......@@ -253,37 +253,41 @@ MCE_INJECT_GET(bank);
DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(bank_fops, inj_bank_get, inj_bank_set, "%llu\n");
static const char readme_msg[] =
"\nDescription of the files and their usages:\n\n"
"status: Set a value to be programmed into MCx_STATUS(bank)\n"
"\t The status bits provide insight into the type of\n"
"\t error that caused the MCE.\n\n"
"misc: Set value of MCx_MISC(bank)\n"
"\t misc register provides auxiliary info about the error. This\n"
"\t register is typically used for error thresholding purpose and\n"
"\t validity of the register is indicated by MCx_STATUS[MiscV]\n\n"
"addr: Error address value to be written to MCx_ADDR(bank)\n"
"\t This register is used to log address information associated\n"
"\t with the error.\n\n"
"Note: See respective BKDGs for the exact bit definitions of the\n"
"\t above registers as they mirror the MCi_[STATUS | MISC | ADDR]\n"
"\t hardware registers.\n\n"
"bank: Specify the bank you want to inject the error into.\n"
"\t The number of banks in a processor varies and is family/model\n"
"\t dependent. So, a sanity check performed while writing.\n"
"\t Writing to this file will trigger a #MC or APIC interrupts or\n"
"\t invoke the error decoder routines for AMD processors. The value\n"
"\t in 'flags' file decides which of above actions is triggered.\n\n"
"flags: Write to this file to speficy the error injection policy.\n"
"\t Allowed values:\n"
"\t\t\"sw\" - SW error injection, Only calls error decoder\n"
"\t\t\troutines to print error info in human readable format\n"
"\t\t\"hw\" - HW error injection, Forces a #MC,\n"
"\t\t\tcauses exception handler to handle the error\n"
"\t\t\tif UC or poll handler catches it if CE\n"
"\t\t\tWarning: Might cause system panic if MCx_STATUS[PCC]\n"
"\t\t\tis set. For debug purposes, consider setting\n"
"\t\t\t/<debugfs_mountpoint>/mce/fake_panic\n"
"cpu: The cpu to inject the error on.\n\n";
"Description of the files and their usages:\n"
"\n"
"Note1: i refers to the bank number below.\n"
"Note2: See respective BKDGs for the exact bit definitions of the files below\n"
"as they mirror the hardware registers.\n"
"\n"
"status:\t Set MCi_STATUS: the bits in that MSR control the error type and\n"
"\t attributes of the error which caused the MCE.\n"
"\n"
"misc:\t Set MCi_MISC: provide auxiliary info about the error. It is mostly\n"
"\t used for error thresholding purposes and its validity is indicated by\n"
"\t MCi_STATUS[MiscV].\n"
"\n"
"addr:\t Error address value to be written to MCi_ADDR. Log address information\n"
"\t associated with the error.\n"
"\n"
"cpu:\t The CPU to inject the error on.\n"
"\n"
"bank:\t Specify the bank you want to inject the error into: the number of\n"
"\t banks in a processor varies and is family/model-specific, therefore, the\n"
"\t supplied value is sanity-checked. Setting the bank value also triggers the\n"
"\t injection.\n"
"\n"
"flags:\t Injection type to be performed. Writing to this file will trigger a\n"
"\t real machine check, an APIC interrupt or invoke the error decoder routines\n"
"\t for AMD processors.\n"
"\n"
"\t Allowed error injection types:\n"
"\t - \"sw\": Software error injection. Decode error to a human-readable \n"
"\t format only. Safe to use.\n"
"\t - \"hw\": Hardware error injection. Causes the #MC exception handler to \n"
"\t handle the error. Be warned: might cause system panic if MCi_STATUS[PCC] \n"
"\t is set. Therefore, consider setting (debugfs_mountpoint)/mce/fake_panic \n"
"\t before injecting.\n"
"\n";
static ssize_t
inj_readme_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
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