Re: [PATCH v10 04/17] CXL/AER: Introduce CXL specific AER driver file

["Bowman, Terry" <terry.bowman@amd.com>]

On 7/23/2025 8:16 PM, dan.j.williams@intel.com wrote:
> Terry Bowman wrote:
>> The CXL AER error handling logic currently resides in the AER driver file,
>> drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c. CXL specific changes are conditionally compiled
>> using #ifdefs.
>>
>> Improve the AER driver maintainability by separating the CXL specific logic
>> from the AER driver's core functionality and removing the #ifdefs.
>> Introduce drivers/pci/pcie/cxl_aer.c and move the CXL AER logic into the
>> new file.
>>
>> Update the makefile to conditionally compile the CXL file using the
>> existing CONFIG_PCIEAER_CXL Kconfig.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com>
>> ---
> After reading patch5 I want to qualify my Reviewed-by:...
>
>>  drivers/pci/pci.h          |   8 +++
>>  drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile  |   1 +
>>  drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c     | 138 -------------------------------------
>>  drivers/pci/pcie/cxl_aer.c | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> This is a poor name for this file because the functionality only relates to
> code that supports a dead-end generation of RCH / RCD hardware platforms. 
>
> I do agree that it should be removed from aer.c so typical PCIe AER
> maintenance does not need to trip over that cruft.
>
> Please call it something like rch_aer.c so it is tucked out of the way,
> sticks out as odd in any future diffstat, and does not confuse from the
> CXL VH error handling that supports current and future generation
> hardware.
>
> Perhaps even move it to its own silent Kconfig symbol with a deprecation
> warning, something like below, so someone remembers to delete it.

cxl_rch_handle_error_iter() and cxl_rch_handle_error() need to be moved from pci/pcie/cxl_aer.c
into cxl/core/native_ras.c introduced in this series. There is no RCH or VH handling in cxl_aer.c. 
cxl_aer.c serves to detect if an error is a CXL error and if it is then it forwards it to the 
CXL drivers using the kfifo introduced later. I will update the commit message stating more 
will be added later.

Dave Jiang introduced cxl/core/pci_aer.c I understand the name is still up for possible change.
The native_ras.c changes in this series is planned to be moved into cxl/core/pci_aer.c for v11. 
The files were created with the same purpose but we used different filenames and need to converge.

Let me know if you still want the rename to rch_aer.c.

-Terry

> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig
> index 17919b99fa66..da88358bbb4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig
> @@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ config PCIEAER_CXL
>  
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
>  
> +# Restricted CXL Host (RCH) error handling supports first generation CXL
> +# hardware and can be deprecated in 7-10 years when only CXL Virtual Host
> +# (CXL specification version 2+) hardware remains in service
> +config RCH_AER
> +	def_bool y
> +	depends on PCIEAER_CXL
> +
>  #
>  # PCI Express ECRC
>  #