From 2c3c1048746a4622d8c89a29670120dc8fab93c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 20:49:45 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 6.1.76. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-mce | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-mce (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-mce') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-mce b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-mce new file mode 100644 index 000000000..83172f50e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-mce @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/ +Contact: Andi Kleen +Date: Feb, 2007 +Description: + (X = CPU number) + + Machine checks report internal hardware error conditions + detected by the CPU. Uncorrected errors typically cause a + machine check (often with panic), corrected ones cause a + machine check log entry. + + For more details about the x86 machine check architecture + see the Intel and AMD architecture manuals from their + developer websites. + + For more details about the architecture + see http://one.firstfloor.org/~andi/mce.pdf + + Each CPU has its own directory. + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/bank +Contact: Andi Kleen +Date: Feb, 2007 +Description: + (Y bank number) + + 64bit Hex bitmask enabling/disabling specific subevents for + bank Y. + + When a bit in the bitmask is zero then the respective + subevent will not be reported. + + By default all events are enabled. + + Note that BIOS maintain another mask to disable specific events + per bank. This is not visible here + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/check_interval +Contact: Andi Kleen +Date: Feb, 2007 +Description: + The entries appear for each CPU, but they are truly shared + between all CPUs. + + How often to poll for corrected machine check errors, in + seconds (Note output is hexadecimal). Default 5 minutes. + When the poller finds MCEs it triggers an exponential speedup + (poll more often) on the polling interval. When the poller + stops finding MCEs, it triggers an exponential backoff + (poll less often) on the polling interval. The check_interval + variable is both the initial and maximum polling interval. + 0 means no polling for corrected machine check errors + (but some corrected errors might be still reported + in other ways) + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/trigger +Contact: Andi Kleen +Date: Feb, 2007 +Description: + The entries appear for each CPU, but they are truly shared + between all CPUs. + + Program to run when a machine check event is detected. + This is an alternative to running mcelog regularly from cron + and allows to detect events faster. + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/monarch_timeout +Contact: Andi Kleen +Date: Feb, 2007 +Description: + How long to wait for the other CPUs to machine check too on a + exception. 0 to disable waiting for other CPUs. + + Unit: us + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/ignore_ce +Contact: Hidetoshi Seto +Date: Jun 2009 +Description: + Disables polling and CMCI for corrected errors. + All corrected events are not cleared and kept in bank MSRs. + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/dont_log_ce +Contact: Hidetoshi Seto +Date: Jun 2009 +Description: + Disables logging for corrected errors. + All reported corrected errors will be cleared silently. + + This option will be useful if you never care about corrected + errors. + +What: /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckX/cmci_disabled +Contact: Hidetoshi Seto +Date: Jun 2009 +Description: + Disables the CMCI feature. -- cgit v1.2.3