[PATCHv3 pci-next 1/2] PCI/AER: correctable error message as KERN_INFO

From: Grant Grundler <grundler@chromium.org>
To: Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>,
	"Oliver O \ 'Halloran" <oohall@gmail.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Rajat Jain <rajatja@chromium.org>,
	Rajat Khandelwal <rajat.khandelwal@linux.intel.com>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@chromium.org>,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCHv3 pci-next 1/2] PCI/AER: correctable error message as KERN_INFO
Date: Mon,  5 Jun 2023 20:54:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230606035442.2886343-1-grundler@chromium.org> (raw)

Since correctable errors have been corrected (and counted), the dmesg output
should not be reported as a warning, but rather as "informational".

Otherwise, using a certain well known vendor's PCIe parts in a USB4 docking
station, the dmesg buffer can be spammed with correctable errors, 717 bytes
per instance, potentially many MB per day.

Given the "WARN" priority, these messages have already confused the typical
user that stumbles across them, support staff (triaging feedback reports),
and more than a few linux kernel devs. Changing to INFO will hide these
messages from most audiences.

Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@chromium.org>
---
 drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
index f6c24ded134c..d7bfc6070ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static void __aer_print_error(struct pci_dev *dev,
 
 	if (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) {
 		strings = aer_correctable_error_string;
-		level = KERN_WARNING;
+		level = KERN_INFO;
 	} else {
 		strings = aer_uncorrectable_error_string;
 		level = KERN_ERR;
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ void aer_print_error(struct pci_dev *dev, struct aer_err_info *info)
 	layer = AER_GET_LAYER_ERROR(info->severity, info->status);
 	agent = AER_GET_AGENT(info->severity, info->status);
 
-	level = (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) ? KERN_WARNING : KERN_ERR;
+	level = (info->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR;
 
 	pci_printk(level, dev, "PCIe Bus Error: severity=%s, type=%s, (%s)\n",
 		   aer_error_severity_string[info->severity],
@@ -797,14 +797,22 @@ void cper_print_aer(struct pci_dev *dev, int aer_severity,
 	info.mask = mask;
 	info.first_error = PCI_ERR_CAP_FEP(aer->cap_control);
 
-	pci_err(dev, "aer_status: 0x%08x, aer_mask: 0x%08x\n", status, mask);
+	if (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
+		pci_info(dev, "aer_status: 0x%08x, aer_mask: 0x%08x\n", status, mask);
+	else
+		pci_err(dev, "aer_status: 0x%08x, aer_mask: 0x%08x\n", status, mask);
+
 	__aer_print_error(dev, &info);
-	pci_err(dev, "aer_layer=%s, aer_agent=%s\n",
-		aer_error_layer[layer], aer_agent_string[agent]);
 
-	if (aer_severity != AER_CORRECTABLE)
+	if (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) {
+		pci_info(dev, "aer_layer=%s, aer_agent=%s\n",
+			aer_error_layer[layer], aer_agent_string[agent]);
+	} else {
+		pci_err(dev, "aer_layer=%s, aer_agent=%s\n",
+			aer_error_layer[layer], aer_agent_string[agent]);
 		pci_err(dev, "aer_uncor_severity: 0x%08x\n",
 			aer->uncor_severity);
+	}
 
 	if (tlp_header_valid)
 		__print_tlp_header(dev, &aer->header_log);
-- 
2.41.0.rc0.172.g3f132b7071-goog

