--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -1129,5 +1129,7 @@ config RAMOOPS
 	  This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
 	  buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
 
+source "drivers/char/herror/Kconfig"
+
 endmenu
 
--- a/drivers/char/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/Makefile
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RAMOOPS)		+= ramoops.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_JS_RTC)		+= js-rtc.o
 js-rtc-y = rtc.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_HERR_DEV_CORE)	+= herror/
+
 # Files generated that shall be removed upon make clean
 clean-files := consolemap_deftbl.c defkeymap.c
 
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/herror/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config HERR_DEV_CORE
+	bool
+	select LLIST
+	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/herror/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-y				+= herr-core.o
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/herror/herr-core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,620 @@
+/*
+ * Hardware error device core
+ *
+ * Hardware error device is a kind of device which can report hardware
+ * errors.  The examples of hardware error device include APEI GHES,
+ * PCIe AER, etc.
+ *
+ * Hardware error device core provides common services for various
+ * hardware error devices, including hardware error record lock-less
+ * allocator, error reporting mechanism, hardware error device
+ * management, etc.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2010 Intel Corp.
+ *   Author: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/trace_clock.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/llist.h>
+#include <linux/genalloc.h>
+#include <linux/herror.h>
+
+#define HERR_NOTIFY_BIT			0
+
+static unsigned long herr_flags;
+
+/*
+ * Record list management and error reporting
+ */
+
+struct herr_node {
+	struct llist_node llist;
+	struct herr_record ercd __attribute__((aligned(HERR_MIN_ALIGN)));
+};
+
+#define HERR_NODE_LEN(rcd_len)					\
+	((rcd_len) + sizeof(struct herr_node) - sizeof(struct herr_record))
+
+#define HERR_MIN_ALLOC_ORDER	HERR_MIN_ALIGN_ORDER
+#define HERR_CHUNKS_PER_CPU	2
+#define HERR_RCD_LIST_NUM	2
+
+struct herr_rcd_lists {
+	struct llist_head *write;
+	struct llist_head *read;
+	struct llist_head heads[HERR_RCD_LIST_NUM];
+};
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct herr_rcd_lists, herr_rcd_lists);
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct gen_pool *, herr_gen_pool);
+
+static void herr_rcd_lists_init(void)
+{
+	int cpu, i;
+	struct herr_rcd_lists *lists;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		lists = per_cpu_ptr(&herr_rcd_lists, cpu);
+		for (i = 0; i < HERR_RCD_LIST_NUM; i++)
+			init_llist_head(&lists->heads[i]);
+		lists->write = &lists->heads[0];
+		lists->read = &lists->heads[1];
+	}
+}
+
+static void herr_pool_fini(void)
+{
+	struct gen_pool *pool;
+	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		pool = per_cpu(herr_gen_pool, cpu);
+		gen_pool_for_each_chunk(chunk, pool)
+			free_page(chunk->start_addr);
+		gen_pool_destroy(pool);
+	}
+}
+
+static int herr_pool_init(void)
+{
+	struct gen_pool **pool;
+	int cpu, rc, nid, i;
+	unsigned long addr;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		pool = per_cpu_ptr(&herr_gen_pool, cpu);
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		nid = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+		*pool = gen_pool_create(HERR_MIN_ALLOC_ORDER, nid);
+		if (!*pool)
+			goto err_pool_fini;
+		for (i = 0; i < HERR_CHUNKS_PER_CPU; i++) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			addr = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!addr)
+				goto err_pool_fini;
+			rc = gen_pool_add(*pool, addr, PAGE_SIZE, nid);
+			if (rc)
+				goto err_pool_fini;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+err_pool_fini:
+	herr_pool_fini();
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* Max interval: about 2 second */
+#define HERR_BURST_BASE_INTVL	NSEC_PER_USEC
+#define HERR_BURST_MAX_RATIO	21
+#define HERR_BURST_MAX_INTVL						\
+	((1ULL << HERR_BURST_MAX_RATIO) * HERR_BURST_BASE_INTVL)
+/*
+ * Pool size/used ratio considered spare, before this, interval
+ * between error reporting is ignored. After this, minimal interval
+ * needed is increased exponentially to max interval.
+ */
+#define HERR_BURST_SPARE_RATIO	3
+
+static int herr_burst_control(struct herr_dev *edev)
+{
+	struct gen_pool *pool;
+	unsigned long long last, now, min_intvl;
+	unsigned int size, used, ratio;
+
+	pool = __get_cpu_var(herr_gen_pool);
+	size = gen_pool_size(pool);
+	used = size - gen_pool_avail(pool);
+	if (HERR_BURST_SPARE_RATIO * used < size)
+		goto pass;
+	now = trace_clock_local();
+	last = atomic64_read(&edev->timestamp);
+	ratio = (used * HERR_BURST_SPARE_RATIO - size) * HERR_BURST_MAX_RATIO;
+	ratio = ratio / (size * HERR_BURST_SPARE_RATIO - size) + 1;
+	min_intvl = (1ULL << ratio) * HERR_BURST_BASE_INTVL;
+	if ((long long)(now - last) > min_intvl)
+		goto pass;
+	atomic_inc(&edev->bursts);
+	return 0;
+pass:
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static u64 herr_record_next_id(void)
+{
+	static atomic64_t seq = ATOMIC64_INIT(0);
+
+	if (!atomic64_read(&seq))
+		atomic64_set(&seq, (u64)get_seconds() << 32);
+
+	return atomic64_inc_return(&seq);
+}
+
+void herr_record_init(struct herr_record *ercd)
+{
+	ercd->flags = 0;
+	ercd->rev = HERR_RCD_REV1_0;
+	ercd->id = herr_record_next_id();
+	ercd->timestamp = trace_clock_local();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_record_init);
+
+struct herr_record *herr_record_alloc(unsigned int len, struct herr_dev *edev,
+				      unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct gen_pool *pool;
+	struct herr_node *enode;
+	struct herr_record *ercd = NULL;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	if (!(flags & HERR_ALLOC_NO_BURST_CONTROL)) {
+		if (!herr_burst_control(edev)) {
+			preempt_enable_no_resched();
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pool = __get_cpu_var(herr_gen_pool);
+	enode = (struct herr_node *)gen_pool_alloc(pool, HERR_NODE_LEN(len));
+	if (enode) {
+		ercd = &enode->ercd;
+		herr_record_init(ercd);
+		ercd->length = len;
+
+		atomic64_set(&edev->timestamp, trace_clock_local());
+		atomic_inc(&edev->logs);
+	} else
+		atomic_inc(&edev->overflows);
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+
+	return ercd;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_record_alloc);
+
+int herr_record_report(struct herr_record *ercd, struct herr_dev *edev)
+{
+	struct herr_rcd_lists *lists;
+	struct herr_node *enode;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	lists = this_cpu_ptr(&herr_rcd_lists);
+	enode = container_of(ercd, struct herr_node, ercd);
+	llist_add(&enode->llist, lists->write);
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+
+	set_bit(HERR_NOTIFY_BIT, &herr_flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_record_report);
+
+void herr_record_free(struct herr_record *ercd)
+{
+	struct herr_node *enode;
+	struct gen_pool *pool;
+
+	enode = container_of(ercd, struct herr_node, ercd);
+	pool = get_cpu_var(herr_gen_pool);
+	gen_pool_free(pool, (unsigned long)enode,
+		      HERR_NODE_LEN(enode->ercd.length));
+	put_cpu_var(pool);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_record_free);
+
+/*
+ * The low 16 bit is freeze count, high 16 bit is thaw count. If they
+ * are not equal, someone is freezing the reader
+ */
+static u32 herr_freeze_thaw;
+
+/*
+ * Stop the reader to consume error records, so that the error records
+ * can be checked in kernel space safely.
+ */
+static void herr_freeze_reader(void)
+{
+	u32 old, new;
+
+	do {
+		new = old = herr_freeze_thaw;
+		new = ((new + 1) & 0xffff) | (old & 0xffff0000);
+	} while (cmpxchg(&herr_freeze_thaw, old, new) != old);
+}
+
+static void herr_thaw_reader(void)
+{
+	u32 old, new;
+
+	do {
+		old = herr_freeze_thaw;
+		new = old + 0x10000;
+	} while (cmpxchg(&herr_freeze_thaw, old, new) != old);
+}
+
+static int herr_reader_is_frozen(void)
+{
+	u32 freeze_thaw = herr_freeze_thaw;
+	return (freeze_thaw & 0xffff) != (freeze_thaw >> 16);
+}
+
+int herr_for_each_record(herr_traverse_func_t func, void *data)
+{
+	int i, cpu, rc = 0;
+	struct herr_rcd_lists *lists;
+	struct herr_node *enode;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	herr_freeze_reader();
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		lists = per_cpu_ptr(&herr_rcd_lists, cpu);
+		for (i = 0; i < HERR_RCD_LIST_NUM; i++) {
+			struct llist_head *head = &lists->heads[i];
+			llist_for_each_entry(enode, head->first, llist) {
+				rc = func(&enode->ercd, data);
+				if (rc)
+					goto out;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	herr_thaw_reader();
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_for_each_record);
+
+static ssize_t herr_rcd_lists_read(char __user *ubuf, size_t usize,
+				   struct mutex *read_mutex)
+{
+	int cpu, rc = 0, read;
+	struct herr_rcd_lists *lists;
+	struct gen_pool *pool;
+	ssize_t len, rsize = 0;
+	struct herr_node *enode;
+	struct llist_head *old_read;
+	struct llist_node *to_read;
+
+	do {
+		read = 0;
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+			lists = per_cpu_ptr(&herr_rcd_lists, cpu);
+			pool = per_cpu(herr_gen_pool, cpu);
+			if (llist_empty(lists->read)) {
+				if (llist_empty(lists->write))
+					continue;
+				/*
+				 * Error records are output in batch, so old
+				 * error records can be output before new ones.
+				 */
+				old_read = lists->read;
+				lists->read = lists->write;
+				lists->write = old_read;
+			}
+			rc = rsize ? 0 : -EBUSY;
+			if (herr_reader_is_frozen())
+				goto out;
+			to_read = llist_del_first(lists->read);
+			if (herr_reader_is_frozen())
+				goto out_readd;
+			enode = llist_entry(to_read, struct herr_node, llist);
+			len = enode->ercd.length;
+			rc = rsize ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+			if (len > usize - rsize)
+				goto out_readd;
+			rc = -EFAULT;
+			if (copy_to_user(ubuf + rsize, &enode->ercd, len))
+				goto out_readd;
+			gen_pool_free(pool, (unsigned long)enode,
+				      HERR_NODE_LEN(len));
+			rsize += len;
+			read = 1;
+		}
+		if (need_resched()) {
+			mutex_unlock(read_mutex);
+			cond_resched();
+			mutex_lock(read_mutex);
+		}
+	} while (read);
+	rc = 0;
+out:
+	return rc ? rc : rsize;
+out_readd:
+	llist_add(to_read, lists->read);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+static int herr_rcd_lists_is_empty(void)
+{
+	int cpu, i;
+	struct herr_rcd_lists *lists;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		lists = per_cpu_ptr(&herr_rcd_lists, cpu);
+		for (i = 0; i < HERR_RCD_LIST_NUM; i++) {
+			if (!llist_empty(&lists->heads[i]))
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Hardware Error Reporting Device Management
+ */
+
+static ssize_t herr_dev_name_show(struct device *device,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  char *buf)
+{
+	struct herr_dev *dev = to_herr_dev(device);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", dev->name);
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute herr_dev_attr_name =
+	__ATTR(name, 0400, herr_dev_name_show, NULL);
+
+#define HERR_DEV_COUNTER_ATTR(_name)					\
+	static ssize_t herr_dev_##_name##_show(struct device *device,	\
+					       struct device_attribute *attr, \
+					       char *buf)		\
+	{								\
+		struct herr_dev *dev = to_herr_dev(device);		\
+		int counter;						\
+									\
+		counter = atomic_read(&dev->_name);			\
+		return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", counter);			\
+	}								\
+	static ssize_t herr_dev_##_name##_store(struct device *device,	\
+						struct device_attribute *attr, \
+						const char *buf,	\
+						size_t count)		\
+	{								\
+		struct herr_dev *dev = to_herr_dev(device);		\
+									\
+		atomic_set(&dev->_name, 0);				\
+		return count;						\
+	}								\
+	static struct device_attribute herr_dev_attr_##_name =		\
+		__ATTR(_name, 0600, herr_dev_##_name##_show,		\
+		       herr_dev_##_name##_store)
+
+HERR_DEV_COUNTER_ATTR(logs);
+HERR_DEV_COUNTER_ATTR(overflows);
+HERR_DEV_COUNTER_ATTR(bursts);
+
+static struct attribute *herr_dev_attrs[] = {
+	&herr_dev_attr_name.attr,
+	&herr_dev_attr_logs.attr,
+	&herr_dev_attr_overflows.attr,
+	&herr_dev_attr_bursts.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group herr_dev_attr_group = {
+	.attrs	= herr_dev_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *herr_dev_attr_groups[] = {
+	&herr_dev_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static void herr_dev_release(struct device *device)
+{
+	struct herr_dev *dev = to_herr_dev(device);
+
+	kfree(dev);
+}
+
+static struct device_type herr_dev_type = {
+	.groups		= herr_dev_attr_groups,
+	.release	= herr_dev_release,
+};
+
+static char *herr_devnode(struct device *dev, mode_t *mode)
+{
+	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "error/%s", dev_name(dev));
+}
+
+struct class herr_class = {
+	.name		= "error",
+	.devnode	= herr_devnode,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_class);
+
+struct herr_dev *herr_dev_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct herr_dev *dev;
+
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct herr_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev)
+		return NULL;
+	dev->dev.type = &herr_dev_type;
+	dev->dev.class = &herr_class;
+	device_initialize(&dev->dev);
+	atomic_set(&dev->logs, 0);
+	atomic_set(&dev->overflows, 0);
+	atomic_set(&dev->bursts, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&dev->timestamp, 0);
+
+	return dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_dev_alloc);
+
+void herr_dev_free(struct herr_dev *dev)
+{
+	if (dev)
+		herr_dev_put(dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_dev_free);
+
+int herr_dev_register(struct herr_dev *dev)
+{
+	static atomic_t herr_no = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+	const char *path;
+	int rc;
+
+	dev_set_name(&dev->dev, "error%d", atomic_inc_return(&herr_no) - 1);
+
+	rc = device_add(&dev->dev);
+	if (rc)
+		goto err;
+
+	path = kobject_get_path(&dev->dev.kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pr_info("error: %s as %s\n", dev->name ? dev->name : "Unspecified device",
+		path ? path : "N/A");
+	kfree(path);
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_dev_register);
+
+void herr_dev_unregister(struct herr_dev *dev)
+{
+	device_unregister(&dev->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_dev_unregister);
+
+
+/*
+ * Hardware Error Mix Reporting Device
+ */
+
+static int herr_major;
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(herr_mix_wait);
+
+void herr_notify(void)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(HERR_NOTIFY_BIT, &herr_flags))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&herr_mix_wait);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(herr_notify);
+
+static ssize_t herr_mix_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
+			     size_t usize, loff_t *off)
+{
+	int rc;
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(read_mutex);
+
+	if (*off != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rc = mutex_lock_interruptible(&read_mutex);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	rc = herr_rcd_lists_read(ubuf, usize, &read_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&read_mutex);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static unsigned int herr_mix_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+	poll_wait(file, &herr_mix_wait, wait);
+	if (!herr_rcd_lists_is_empty())
+		return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations herr_mix_dev_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.read		= herr_mix_read,
+	.poll		= herr_mix_poll,
+};
+
+static int __init herr_mix_dev_init(void)
+{
+	struct device *dev;
+	dev_t devt;
+
+	devt = MKDEV(herr_major, 0);
+	dev = device_create(&herr_class, NULL, devt, NULL, "error");
+	if (IS_ERR(dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(herr_mix_dev_init);
+
+static int __init herr_core_init(void)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct herr_node) % HERR_MIN_ALIGN);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct herr_record) % HERR_MIN_ALIGN);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct herr_section) % HERR_MIN_ALIGN);
+
+	herr_rcd_lists_init();
+
+	rc = herr_pool_init();
+	if (rc)
+		goto err;
+
+	rc = class_register(&herr_class);
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_free_pool;
+
+	rc = herr_major = register_chrdev(0, "error", &herr_mix_dev_fops);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		goto err_free_class;
+
+	return 0;
+err_free_class:
+	class_unregister(&herr_class);
+err_free_pool:
+	herr_pool_fini();
+err:
+	return rc;
+}
+/* Initialize data structure used by device driver, so subsys_initcall */
+subsys_initcall(herr_core_init);
--- a/include/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/Kbuild
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ header-y += gigaset_dev.h
 header-y += hdlc.h
 header-y += hdlcdrv.h
 header-y += hdreg.h
+header-y += herror_record.h
 header-y += hid.h
 header-y += hiddev.h
 header-y += hidraw.h
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/herror.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#ifndef LINUX_HERROR_H
+#define LINUX_HERROR_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/herror_record.h>
+
+/*
+ * Hardware error reporting
+ */
+
+#define HERR_ALLOC_NO_BURST_CONTROL	0x0001
+
+struct herr_dev;
+
+/* allocate a herr_record lock-lessly */
+struct herr_record *herr_record_alloc(unsigned int len,
+				      struct herr_dev *edev,
+				      unsigned int flags);
+void herr_record_init(struct herr_record *ercd);
+/* report error via error record */
+int herr_record_report(struct herr_record *ercd, struct herr_dev *edev);
+/* free the herr_record allocated before, must on same CPU as allocated CPU */
+void herr_record_free(struct herr_record *ercd);
+/*
+ * Notify waited user space hardware error daemon for the new error
+ * record, can not be used in NMI context
+ */
+void herr_notify(void);
+
+/* Traverse all error records not consumed by user space */
+typedef int (*herr_traverse_func_t)(struct herr_record *ercd, void *data);
+int herr_for_each_record(herr_traverse_func_t func, void *data);
+
+
+/*
+ * Hardware Error Reporting Device Management
+ */
+extern struct class herr_class;
+
+struct herr_dev {
+	const char *name;
+	atomic_t overflows;
+	atomic_t logs;
+	atomic_t bursts;
+	struct device dev;
+	struct list_head list;
+	atomic64_t timestamp;
+};
+#define to_herr_dev(d)	container_of(d, struct herr_dev, dev)
+
+struct herr_dev *herr_dev_alloc(void);
+void herr_dev_free(struct herr_dev *dev);
+
+static inline struct herr_dev *herr_dev_get(struct herr_dev *dev)
+{
+	return dev ? to_herr_dev(get_device(&dev->dev)) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void herr_dev_put(struct herr_dev *dev)
+{
+	if (dev)
+		put_device(&dev->dev);
+}
+
+int herr_dev_register(struct herr_dev *dev);
+void herr_dev_unregister(struct herr_dev *dev);
+#endif
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/herror_record.h
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#ifndef LINUX_HERROR_RECORD_H
+#define LINUX_HERROR_RECORD_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/*
+ * Hardware Error Record Definition
+ */
+enum herr_severity {
+	HERR_SEV_NONE,
+	HERR_SEV_CORRECTED,
+	HERR_SEV_RECOVERABLE,
+	HERR_SEV_FATAL,
+};
+
+#define HERR_RCD_REV1_0		0x0100
+#define HERR_MIN_ALIGN_ORDER	3
+#define HERR_MIN_ALIGN		(1 << HERR_MIN_ALIGN_ORDER)
+
+enum herr_record_flags {
+	HERR_RCD_PREV		= 0x0001, /* record is for previous boot */
+	HERR_RCD_PERSIST	= 0x0002, /* record is from flash, need to be
+					   * cleared after writing to disk */
+};
+
+/*
+ * sizeof(struct herr_record) and sizeof(struct herr_section) should
+ * be multiple of HERR_MIN_ALIGN to make error record packing easier.
+ */
+struct herr_record {
+	__u16	length;
+	__u16	flags;
+	__u16	rev;
+	__u8	severity;
+	__u8	pad1;
+	__u64	id;
+	__u64	timestamp;
+	__u8	data[0];
+};
+
+/* Section type ID are allocated here */
+enum herr_section_type_id {
+	/* 0x0 - 0xff are reserved by core */
+	/* 0x100 - 0x1ff are allocated to CPER */
+	HERR_TYPE_CPER		= 0x0100,
+	HERR_TYPE_GESR		= 0x0110, /* acpi_hest_generic_status */
+	/* 0x200 - 0x2ff are allocated to PCI/PCIe subsystem */
+	HERR_TYPE_PCIE_AER	= 0x0200,
+};
+
+struct herr_section {
+	__u16	length;
+	__u16	flags;
+	__u32	type;
+	__u8	data[0];
+};
+
+#define herr_record_for_each_section(ercd, esec)		\
+	for ((esec) = (struct herr_section *)(ercd)->data;	\
+	     (void *)(esec) - (void *)(ercd) < (ercd)->length;	\
+	     (esec) = (void *)(esec) + (esec)->length)
+
+#define HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(len)						\
+	(((len) + HERR_MIN_ALIGN - 1) & ~(HERR_MIN_ALIGN - 1))
+#define HERR_SEC_LEN(type)						\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_section) + HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sizeof(type)))
+
+#define HERR_RECORD_LEN_ROUND1(sec_len1)				\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_record) + HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sec_len1))
+#define HERR_RECORD_LEN_ROUND2(sec_len1, sec_len2)			\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_record) + HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sec_len1) +	\
+	 HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sec_len2))
+#define HERR_RECORD_LEN_ROUND3(sec_len1, sec_len2, sec_len3)		\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_record) + HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sec_len1) +	\
+	 HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sec_len2) + HERR_SEC_LEN_ROUND(sec_len3))
+
+#define HERR_RECORD_LEN1(sec_type1)				\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_record) + HERR_SEC_LEN(sec_type1))
+#define HERR_RECORD_LEN2(sec_type1, sec_type2)			\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_record) + HERR_SEC_LEN(sec_type1) + \
+	 HERR_SEC_LEN(sec_type2))
+#define HERR_RECORD_LEN3(sec_type1, sec_type2, sec_type3)	\
+	(sizeof(struct herr_record) + HERR_SEC_LEN(sec_type1) + \
+	 HERR_SEC_LEN(sec_type2) + HERR_SEC_LEN(sec_type3))
+
+static inline struct herr_section *herr_first_sec(struct herr_record *ercd)
+{
+	return (struct herr_section *)(ercd + 1);
+}
+
+static inline struct herr_section *herr_next_sec(struct herr_section *esrc)
+{
+	return (void *)esrc + esrc->length;
+}
+
+static inline void *herr_sec_data(struct herr_section *esec)
+{
+	return (void *)(esec + 1);
+}
+#endif
