RE: [PATCH v5 20/26] PCI/AER: Refactor cper_print_aer() for use by CXL driver module

From: Dan Williams
Date: Fri Jun 09 2023 - 23:11:35 EST


Terry Bowman wrote:
> The CXL driver plans to use cper_print_aer() for logging restricted CXL
> host (RCH) AER errors. cper_print_aer() is not currently exported and
> therefore not usable by the CXL drivers built as loadable modules. Export
> the cper_print_aer() function. Use the EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL() variant
> to restrict the export to CXL drivers.
>
> The CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER kernel config is currently used to enable
> cper_print_aer(). cper_print_aer() logs the AER registers and is
> useful in PCIE AER logging outside of APEI. Remove the
> CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER dependency to enable cper_print_aer().
>
> The cper_print_aer() function name implies CPER specific use but is useful
> in non-CPER cases as well. Rename cper_print_aer() to pci_print_aer().
>
> Co-developed-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.