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[RESEND,v3,4/9] EDAC/ghes: Move ghes_edac.force_load to setup parameter

Message ID 20220822154048.188253-5-justin.he@arm.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Make ghes_edac a proper module | expand

Commit Message

Jia He Aug. 22, 2022, 3:40 p.m. UTC
ghes_edac_init() is too late to set this module flag ghes_edac.force_load.
Also, other edac drivers should not be able to control this flag.

Move this flag to setup parameter in ghes.

Suggested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: Jia He <justin.he@arm.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  5 +++
 drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c                      | 24 +++++++++++-
 drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c                      | 38 +++++++------------
 include/acpi/ghes.h                           |  7 +++-
 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

Comments

Borislav Petkov Aug. 24, 2022, 3:52 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 03:40:43PM +0000, Jia He wrote:
> ghes_edac_init() is too late to set this module flag ghes_edac.force_load.
> Also, other edac drivers should not be able to control this flag.
> 
> Move this flag to setup parameter in ghes.
> 
> Suggested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jia He <justin.he@arm.com>
> ---
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  5 +++
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c                      | 24 +++++++++++-
>  drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c                      | 38 +++++++------------
>  include/acpi/ghes.h                           |  7 +++-
>  4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index d7f30902fda0..a5f0ee0d7727 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1593,6 +1593,11 @@
>  			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
>  			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
>  
> +	ghes_edac_force= [X86] Skip the platform check and forcibly load the

So there already is ghes.disable which is using the module param thing.
Why don't you do that too?

> +			ghes_edac modules.

"module" - singular.

> +			Format: <bool>
> +			default: false (0)
> +
>  	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
>  			Don't use this when you are not running on the
>  			android emulator
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> index 9c52183e3ad9..e17e0ee8f842 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> @@ -94,6 +94,26 @@
>  #define FIX_APEI_GHES_SDEI_CRITICAL	__end_of_fixed_addresses
>  #endif
>  
> +/*
> + * "ghes_edac_force=1" forcibly loads ghes_edac and skips the platform
> + * check.
> + */
> +bool __read_mostly ghes_edac_force;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ghes_edac_force);
> +
> +static int __init setup_ghes_edac_load(char *str)
> +{
> +	if (str)
> +		if (!strcmp("true", str) || !strcmp("1", str))
> +			ghes_edac_force = true;
> +
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86))
> +		ghes_edac_force = true;
> +
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("ghes_edac_force=", setup_ghes_edac_load);

Why all that?

Isn't specifying

ghes.edac_force_load

on the kernel command line enough? I.e., you don't need to parse the
passed in option - just the presence of the parameter is enough.

> +
>  static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ghes_report_chain);
>  
>  static inline bool is_hest_type_generic_v2(struct ghes *ghes)
> @@ -1517,13 +1537,13 @@ static struct acpi_platform_list plat_list[] = {
>  	{ } /* End */
>  };
>  
> -struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(bool force)
> +struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void)
>  {
>  	int idx = -1;
>  
>  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)) {
>  		idx = acpi_match_platform_list(plat_list);
> -		if (idx < 0 && !force)
> +		if (idx < 0 && !ghes_edac_force)
>  			return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> index bb3ea42ba70b..6a2b54cc7240 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> @@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(ghes_reg_mutex);
>   */
>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_lock);
>  
> -/* "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips the platform check */
> -static bool __read_mostly force_load;
> -module_param(force_load, bool, 0);
> -
>  static bool system_scanned;
>  
>  static struct list_head *ghes_devs;
> @@ -437,23 +433,12 @@ static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
>  	mci->ctl_name = "ghes_edac";
>  	mci->dev_name = "ghes";
>  
> -	if (fake) {
> -		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n");
> -		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n");
> -		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
> -	} else if (force_load) {
> -		pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get error reports.\n");
> -		pr_info("Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout correctly.\n");
> -		pr_info("So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to vendor.\n");
> -		pr_info("If you find incorrect reports, please contact your hardware vendor\n");
> -		pr_info("to correct its BIOS.\n");
> -		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n", ghes_hw.num_dimms);
> -	}
> -
>  	if (!fake) {
>  		struct dimm_info *src, *dst;
>  		int i = 0;
>  
> +		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n", ghes_hw.num_dimms);
> +
>  		mci_for_each_dimm(mci, dst) {
>  			src = &ghes_hw.dimms[i];
>  

This hunk...

> @@ -478,6 +463,17 @@ static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
>  	} else {
>  		struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, 0, 0, 0);
>  
> +		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n");
> +		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n");
> +		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
> +
> +		if (ghes_edac_force) {
> +			pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get\n");
> +			pr_info("error reports. Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the\n");
> +			pr_info("memory layout correctly. If you find incorrect reports, please\n");
> +			pr_info("contact your hardware vendor for its in correct BIOS.\n");
> +		}
> +
>  		dimm->nr_pages = 1;
>  		dimm->grain = 128;
>  		dimm->mtype = MEM_UNKNOWN;

... and this hunk look unrelated to what this patch is doing. What are
they for?

Thx.
Jia He Aug. 25, 2022, 9:42 a.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
[...]
> > +static int __init setup_ghes_edac_load(char *str) {
> > +	if (str)
> > +		if (!strcmp("true", str) || !strcmp("1", str))
> > +			ghes_edac_force = true;
> > +
> > +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86))
> > +		ghes_edac_force = true;
> > +
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> > +__setup("ghes_edac_force=", setup_ghes_edac_load);
> 
> Why all that?
> 
> Isn't specifying
> 
> ghes.edac_force_load

Ok, I will use module parameter ghes.edac_force_load.
> 
> on the kernel command line enough? I.e., you don't need to parse the passed
> in option - just the presence of the parameter is enough.
> 
> > +
> >  static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ghes_report_chain);
> >
> >  static inline bool is_hest_type_generic_v2(struct ghes *ghes) @@
> > -1517,13 +1537,13 @@ static struct acpi_platform_list plat_list[] = {
> >  	{ } /* End */
> >  };
> >
> > -struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(bool force)
> > +struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void)
> >  {
> >  	int idx = -1;
> >
> >  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)) {
> >  		idx = acpi_match_platform_list(plat_list);
> > -		if (idx < 0 && !force)
> > +		if (idx < 0 && !ghes_edac_force)
> >  			return NULL;
> >  	}
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c index
> > bb3ea42ba70b..6a2b54cc7240 100644
> > --- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> > +++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> > @@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(ghes_reg_mutex);
> >   */
> >  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_lock);
> >
> > -/* "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips the platform check */ -static bool
> > __read_mostly force_load; -module_param(force_load, bool, 0);
> > -
> >  static bool system_scanned;
> >
> >  static struct list_head *ghes_devs;
> > @@ -437,23 +433,12 @@ static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
> >  	mci->ctl_name = "ghes_edac";
> >  	mci->dev_name = "ghes";
> >
> > -	if (fake) {
> > -		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the
> DIMMS.\n");
> > -		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report
> would\n");
> > -		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
> > -	} else if (force_load) {
> > -		pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and
> get error reports.\n");
> > -		pr_info("Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout
> correctly.\n");
> > -		pr_info("So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to
> vendor.\n");
> > -		pr_info("If you find incorrect reports, please contact your hardware
> vendor\n");
> > -		pr_info("to correct its BIOS.\n");
> > -		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n",
> ghes_hw.num_dimms);
> > -	}
> > -
> >  	if (!fake) {
> >  		struct dimm_info *src, *dst;
> >  		int i = 0;
> >
> > +		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n",
> ghes_hw.num_dimms);
> > +
> >  		mci_for_each_dimm(mci, dst) {
> >  			src = &ghes_hw.dimms[i];
> >
> 
> This hunk...

Sorry, should move pr_info after this line

> 
> > @@ -478,6 +463,17 @@ static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
> >  	} else {
> >  		struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, 0, 0, 0);
> >
> > +		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the
> DIMMS.\n");
> > +		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report
> would\n");
> > +		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
> > +
> > +		if (ghes_edac_force) {
> > +			pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory
> and get\n");
> > +			pr_info("error reports. Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect
> the\n");
> > +			pr_info("memory layout correctly. If you find incorrect reports,
> please\n");
> > +			pr_info("contact your hardware vendor for its in correct
> BIOS.\n");
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		dimm->nr_pages = 1;
> >  		dimm->grain = 128;
> >  		dimm->mtype = MEM_UNKNOWN;
> 
> ... and this hunk look unrelated to what this patch is doing. What are they for?
> 
I tried to keep the previous same logic.
 if (fake)
	print_something
 - !fake && ghes not preferred.
	print_otherthings


--
Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)
Jia He Aug. 30, 2022, 1:21 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi Borislav

> -----Original Message-----
[...]
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index d7f30902fda0..a5f0ee0d7727 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -1593,6 +1593,11 @@
> >  			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
> >  			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
> >
> > +	ghes_edac_force= [X86] Skip the platform check and forcibly load the
> 
> So there already is ghes.disable which is using the module param thing.
> Why don't you do that too?
> 
> > +			ghes_edac modules.
> 
> "module" - singular.
> 
> > +			Format: <bool>
> > +			default: false (0)
> > +
> >  	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
> >  			Don't use this when you are not running on the
> >  			android emulator
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c index
> > 9c52183e3ad9..e17e0ee8f842 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> > @@ -94,6 +94,26 @@
> >  #define FIX_APEI_GHES_SDEI_CRITICAL	__end_of_fixed_addresses
> >  #endif
> >
> > +/*
> > + * "ghes_edac_force=1" forcibly loads ghes_edac and skips the
> > +platform
> > + * check.
> > + */
> > +bool __read_mostly ghes_edac_force;
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ghes_edac_force);
> > +
> > +static int __init setup_ghes_edac_load(char *str) {
> > +	if (str)
> > +		if (!strcmp("true", str) || !strcmp("1", str))
> > +			ghes_edac_force = true;
> > +
> > +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86))
> > +		ghes_edac_force = true;
> > +
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> > +__setup("ghes_edac_force=", setup_ghes_edac_load);
> 
> Why all that?
> 
> Isn't specifying
> 
> ghes.edac_force_load
> 
> on the kernel command line enough? I.e., you don't need to parse the passed
> in option - just the presence of the parameter is enough.
> 
> > +
> >  static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ghes_report_chain);
> >
> >  static inline bool is_hest_type_generic_v2(struct ghes *ghes) @@
> > -1517,13 +1537,13 @@ static struct acpi_platform_list plat_list[] = {
> >  	{ } /* End */
> >  };
> >
> > -struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(bool force)
> > +struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void)
> >  {
> >  	int idx = -1;
> >
> >  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)) {
> >  		idx = acpi_match_platform_list(plat_list);
> > -		if (idx < 0 && !force)
> > +		if (idx < 0 && !ghes_edac_force)
> >  			return NULL;
> >  	}
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c index
> > bb3ea42ba70b..6a2b54cc7240 100644
> > --- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> > +++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
> > @@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(ghes_reg_mutex);
> >   */
> >  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_lock);
> >
> > -/* "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips the platform check */ -static bool
> > __read_mostly force_load; -module_param(force_load, bool, 0);
> > -
> >  static bool system_scanned;
> >
> >  static struct list_head *ghes_devs;
> > @@ -437,23 +433,12 @@ static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
> >  	mci->ctl_name = "ghes_edac";
> >  	mci->dev_name = "ghes";
> >
> > -	if (fake) {
> > -		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the
> DIMMS.\n");
> > -		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report
> would\n");
> > -		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
> > -	} else if (force_load) {
> > -		pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and
> get error reports.\n");
> > -		pr_info("Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout
> correctly.\n");
> > -		pr_info("So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to
> vendor.\n");
> > -		pr_info("If you find incorrect reports, please contact your hardware
> vendor\n");
> > -		pr_info("to correct its BIOS.\n");
> > -		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n",
> ghes_hw.num_dimms);
> > -	}
> > -
> >  	if (!fake) {
> >  		struct dimm_info *src, *dst;
> >  		int i = 0;
> >
> > +		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n",
> ghes_hw.num_dimms);
> > +
> >  		mci_for_each_dimm(mci, dst) {
> >  			src = &ghes_hw.dimms[i];
> >
> 
> This hunk...
> 
> > @@ -478,6 +463,17 @@ static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
> >  	} else {
> >  		struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, 0, 0, 0);
> >
> > +		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the
> DIMMS.\n");
> > +		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report
> would\n");
> > +		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
> > +
> > +		if (ghes_edac_force) {
> > +			pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory
> and get\n");
> > +			pr_info("error reports. Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect
> the\n");
> > +			pr_info("memory layout correctly. If you find incorrect reports,
> please\n");
> > +			pr_info("contact your hardware vendor for its in correct
> BIOS.\n");
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		dimm->nr_pages = 1;
> >  		dimm->grain = 128;
> >  		dimm->mtype = MEM_UNKNOWN;
> 
> ... and this hunk look unrelated to what this patch is doing. What are they for?
> 
Another purpose for adjusting the pr_info hunk is to suppress the warning dmesg log
on Arm server.
On Arm, the ghes_edac_force_load (module parameter in ghes) should be true unconditionally.
So I moved the following block in fake==true check, is this reasonable?
+If (!fake)
+...
+else
+		if (ghes_edac_force) {
+			pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get\n");
+			pr_info("error reports. Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the\n");
+			pr_info("memory layout correctly. If you find incorrect reports, please\n");
+			pr_info("contact your hardware vendor for its in correct BIOS.\n");
+		}

What do you think of it? 

--
Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d7f30902fda0..a5f0ee0d7727 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1593,6 +1593,11 @@ 
 			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
 			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
 
+	ghes_edac_force= [X86] Skip the platform check and forcibly load the
+			ghes_edac modules.
+			Format: <bool>
+			default: false (0)
+
 	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
 			Don't use this when you are not running on the
 			android emulator
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 9c52183e3ad9..e17e0ee8f842 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -94,6 +94,26 @@ 
 #define FIX_APEI_GHES_SDEI_CRITICAL	__end_of_fixed_addresses
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * "ghes_edac_force=1" forcibly loads ghes_edac and skips the platform
+ * check.
+ */
+bool __read_mostly ghes_edac_force;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ghes_edac_force);
+
+static int __init setup_ghes_edac_load(char *str)
+{
+	if (str)
+		if (!strcmp("true", str) || !strcmp("1", str))
+			ghes_edac_force = true;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86))
+		ghes_edac_force = true;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("ghes_edac_force=", setup_ghes_edac_load);
+
 static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ghes_report_chain);
 
 static inline bool is_hest_type_generic_v2(struct ghes *ghes)
@@ -1517,13 +1537,13 @@  static struct acpi_platform_list plat_list[] = {
 	{ } /* End */
 };
 
-struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(bool force)
+struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void)
 {
 	int idx = -1;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)) {
 		idx = acpi_match_platform_list(plat_list);
-		if (idx < 0 && !force)
+		if (idx < 0 && !ghes_edac_force)
 			return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
index bb3ea42ba70b..6a2b54cc7240 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@  static DEFINE_MUTEX(ghes_reg_mutex);
  */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_lock);
 
-/* "ghes_edac.force_load=1" skips the platform check */
-static bool __read_mostly force_load;
-module_param(force_load, bool, 0);
-
 static bool system_scanned;
 
 static struct list_head *ghes_devs;
@@ -437,23 +433,12 @@  static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
 	mci->ctl_name = "ghes_edac";
 	mci->dev_name = "ghes";
 
-	if (fake) {
-		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n");
-		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n");
-		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
-	} else if (force_load) {
-		pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get error reports.\n");
-		pr_info("Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the memory layout correctly.\n");
-		pr_info("So, the end result of using this driver varies from vendor to vendor.\n");
-		pr_info("If you find incorrect reports, please contact your hardware vendor\n");
-		pr_info("to correct its BIOS.\n");
-		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n", ghes_hw.num_dimms);
-	}
-
 	if (!fake) {
 		struct dimm_info *src, *dst;
 		int i = 0;
 
+		pr_info("This system has %d DIMM sockets.\n", ghes_hw.num_dimms);
+
 		mci_for_each_dimm(mci, dst) {
 			src = &ghes_hw.dimms[i];
 
@@ -478,6 +463,17 @@  static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
 	} else {
 		struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, 0, 0, 0);
 
+		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n");
+		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n");
+		pr_info("work on such system. Use this driver with caution\n");
+
+		if (ghes_edac_force) {
+			pr_info("This EDAC driver relies on BIOS to enumerate memory and get\n");
+			pr_info("error reports. Unfortunately, not all BIOSes reflect the\n");
+			pr_info("memory layout correctly. If you find incorrect reports, please\n");
+			pr_info("contact your hardware vendor for its in correct BIOS.\n");
+		}
+
 		dimm->nr_pages = 1;
 		dimm->grain = 128;
 		dimm->mtype = MEM_UNKNOWN;
@@ -518,9 +514,6 @@  static void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!force_load)
-		return;
-
 	mutex_lock(&ghes_reg_mutex);
 
 	system_scanned = false;
@@ -554,10 +547,7 @@  static int __init ghes_edac_init(void)
 {
 	struct ghes *g, *g_tmp;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86))
-		force_load = true;
-
-	ghes_devs = ghes_get_devices(force_load);
+	ghes_devs = ghes_get_devices();
 	if (!ghes_devs)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index 150c0b9500d6..e29327ee0b83 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -71,9 +71,12 @@  int ghes_register_vendor_record_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
  * @nb: pointer to the notifier_block structure of the vendor record handler.
  */
 void ghes_unregister_vendor_record_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
-struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(bool force);
+
+struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void);
+extern bool ghes_edac_force;
 #else
-static inline struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(bool force) { return NULL; }
+static inline struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void) { return NULL; }
+static bool ghes_edac_force;
 #endif
 
 int ghes_estatus_pool_init(int num_ghes);