[PATCH v10 7/7] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: Update the documentation for EINJv2 support

From: Zaid Alali
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 15:32:19 EST


Add documentation based on implementation of EINJv2 as described in ACPI
6.5.A specification.

Link: https://uefi.org/specs/ACPI/6.5_A/18_Platform_Error_Interfaces.html#error-injection

[Tony: New user interface for device id and syndrome]

Co-developed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zaid Alali <zaidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
index c52b9da08fa9..7d8435d35a18 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ The following files belong to it:
0x00000200 Platform Correctable
0x00000400 Platform Uncorrectable non-fatal
0x00000800 Platform Uncorrectable fatal
+ V2_0x00000001 EINJV2 Processor Error
+ V2_0x00000002 EINJV2 Memory Error
+ V2_0x00000004 EINJV2 PCI Express Error
================ ===================================

The format of the file contents are as above, except present are only
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ The following files belong to it:
Memory address and mask valid (param1 and param2).
Bit 2
PCIe (seg,bus,dev,fn) valid (see param4 below).
+ Bit 3
+ EINJv2 extension structure is valid

If set to zero, legacy behavior is mimicked where the type of
injection specifies just one bit set, and param1 is multiplexed.
@@ -122,6 +127,13 @@ The following files belong to it:
this actually works depends on what operations the BIOS actually
includes in the trigger phase.

+- component_id0 .. component_idN, component_syndrome0 .. component_syndromeN
+
+ These files are used to set the "Component Array" field
+ of the EINJv2 Extension Structure. Each holds a 128-bit
+ hex value. Writing just a newline to any of these files
+ sets an invalid (all-ones) value.
+
CXL error types are supported from ACPI 6.5 onwards (given a CXL port
is present). The EINJ user interface for CXL error types is at
<debugfs mount point>/cxl. The following files belong to it:
@@ -194,6 +206,27 @@ An error injection example::
# echo 0x8 > error_type # Choose correctable memory error
# echo 1 > error_inject # Inject now

+An EINJv2 error injection example::
+
+ # cd /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj
+ # cat available_error_type # See which errors can be injected
+ 0x00000002 Processor Uncorrectable non-fatal
+ 0x00000008 Memory Correctable
+ 0x00000010 Memory Uncorrectable non-fatal
+ V2_0x00000001 EINJV2 Processor Error
+ V2_0x00000002 EINJV2 Memory Error
+
+ # echo 0x12345000 > param1 # Set memory address for injection
+ # echo 0xfffffffffffff000 > param2 # Range - anywhere in this page
+ # echo 0x1 > component_id0 # First device ID
+ # echo 0x4 > component_syndrome0 # First error syndrome
+ # echo 0x2 > component_id1 # Second device ID
+ # echo 0x4 > component_syndrome1 # Second error syndrome
+ # echo '' > component_id2 # Mark id2 invalid to terminate list
+ # echo V2_0x2 > error_type # Choose EINJv2 memory error
+ # echo 0xa > flags # set flags to indicate EINJv2
+ # echo 1 > error_inject # Inject now
+
You should see something like this in dmesg::

[22715.830801] EDAC sbridge MC3: HANDLING MCE MEMORY ERROR
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2.43.0