[PATCH 0/2] vmcoreinfo: GHES: track fatal hardware errors

Breno Leitao leitao at debian.org
Mon Jun 29 09:02:06 PDT 2026


On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 06:32:46AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Hardware errors reported through APEI/GHES are recorded in the kernel's
> hwerr_data array so that crash tooling can tell from the vmcore whether a
> hardware error preceded a crash.

This Hardware error tracking "thing" is currently in an awkward
location—it doesn't belong in RAS and has minimal connection to vmcore
info.

Following Baoquan's earlier suggestion, I'll refactor this as a standalone
driver, which should make the code organization clearer and more maintainable.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYvi4Y_HNqk_u1-v@fedora/



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