Provided by: libedac-dev_0.18-1_amd64 
NAME
libedac - EDAC error reporting library
SYNOPSIS
#include <edac.h>
cc ... -ledac
edac_handle * edac_handle_create (void);
void edac_handle_destroy (edac_handle *edac);
int edac_handle_init (edac_handle *edac);
unsigned int edac_mc_count (edac_handle *edac);
int edac_handle_reset (edac_handle *edac);
int edac_error_totals (edac_handle *edac, struct edac_totals *totals);
edac_mc * edac_next_mc (edac_handle *edac);
int edac_mc_get_info (edac_mc *mc, struct edac_mc_info *info);
edac_mc *edac_next_mc_info (edac_handle *edac,
struct edac_mc_info *info);
int edac_mc_reset (struct edac_mc *mc);
edac_csrow * edac_next_csrow (struct edac_mc *mc);
int edac_csrow_get_info (edac_csrow *csrow,
struct edac_csrow_info *info);
edac_csrow * edac_next_csrow_info (edac_mc *mc,
struct edac_csrow_info *info);
const char * edac_strerror (edac_handle *edac);
edac_for_each_mc_info (edac_handle *edac, edac_mc *mc,
struct edac_csrow_info *info) { ... }
edac_for_each_csrow_info (edac_mc *mc, edac_csrow *csrow,
struct edac_csrow_info *info) { ... }
DESCRIPTION
The libedac library offers a very simple programming interface to the information exported
from in-kernel EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) drivers in sysfs. The edac-util(8)
utility uses libedac to report errors in a user-friendly manner from the command line.
EDAC errors for most systems are recorded in sysfs on a per memory controller (MC) basis.
Memory controllers are further subdivided by csrow and channel. The libedac library
provides a method to loop through multiple MCs, and their corresponding csrows, obtaining
information about each component from sysfs along the way. There is also a simple single
call to retrieve the total error counts for a given machine.
In order to use libedac an edac_handle must first be opened via the call
edac_handle_create(). Once the handle is created, sysfs data can be loaded into the handle
with edac_handle_init(). A final call to edac_handle_destroy() will free all memory and
open files associated with the edac handle.
edac_handle_create() will return NULL on failure to allocate memory.
The edac_strerror function will return a descriptive string representation of the last
error for the libedac handle edac.
The edac_error_totals() function will return the total counts of memory and pci errors in
the totals structure passed to the function. The totals structure is of type edac_totals
which has the form:
struct edac_totals {
unsigned int ce_total; /* Total corrected errors */
unsigned int ue_total; /* Total uncorrected errors */
unsigned int pci_parity_total; /* Total PCI Parity errors */
};
MEMORY CONTROLLER INFORMATION
Systems may have one or more memory controllers (MCs) with EDAC information. The number
of MCs detected by EDAC drivers may be queried with the edac_mc_count() function, while
the edac_next_mc function will return a handle to the next memory controller in the
libedac handle´s internal list. This memory controller is represented by the opaque
edac_mc type.
edac_next_mc will return NULL when there are no further memory controllers to return. Thus
the following example code is another method to count all EDAC MCs (assuming the EDAC
library handle edac has already been initialized):
int i = 0;
edac_mc *mc;
while ((mc = edac_next_mc (edac)))
i++;
return (i);
To query information about an edac_mc, use the edac_mc_get_info function. This function
fills in the given info structure, which is of type edac_mc_info:
struct edac_mc_info {
char id[]; /* Id of memory controller */
char mc_name[]; /* Name of MC */
unsigned int size_mb; /* Amount of RAM in MB */
unsigned int ce_count; /* Corrected error count */
unsigned int ce_noinfo_count;/* noinfo Corrected errors */
unsigned int ue_count; /* Uncorrected error count */
unsigned int ue_noinfo_count;/* noinfo Uncorrected errors*/
};
The function edac_next_mc_info() can be used to loop through all EDAC memory controllers
and obtain MC information in a single call. It is a combined edac_next_mc() and
edac_mc_get_info().
The function edac_handle_reset() will reset the internal memory controller iterator in the
libedac handle. A subsequent call to edac_next_mc() would thus return the first EDAC MC.
A convenience macro, edac_for_each_mc_info(), is provided which defines a for loop that
iterates through all memory controller
objects for a given EDAC handle, returning the MC information in the info structure on
each iteration. For example (assuming initialized libedac handle edac):
edac_mc *mc;
struct edac_mc_info info;
int count = 0;
edac_for_each_mc_info (edac, mc, info) {
count++;
printf ("MC info: id=%s name=%s\n", info.id, info.mc_name);
}
CSROW INFORMATION
Each EDAC memory controller may have one or more csrows associated with it. Similar to the
MC iterator functions described above, the edac_next_csrow() function allows libedac users
to loop through all csrows within a given MC. Once the last csrow is reached, the function
will return NULL.
The edac_csrow_get_info() function returns information about edac_csrow in the
edac_csrow_info structure, which has the contents:
struct edac_csrow_info {
char id[]; /* CSROW Identity (e.g. csrow0) */
unsigned int size_mb; /* CSROW size in MB */
unsigned int ce_count; /* Total corrected errors */
unsigned int ue_count; /* Total uncorrected errors */
struct edac_channel channel[EDAC_MAX_CHANNELS];
};
struct edac_channel {
int valid; /* Is this channel valid */
unsigned int ce_count; /* Corrected error count */
int dimm_label_valid; /* Is DIMM label valid? */
char dimm_label[]; /* DIMM name */
};
The edac_next_csrow_info() function is a combined version of edac_next_csrow() and
edac_csrow_get_info() for convenience.
The edac_mc_reset() function is provided to reset the edac_mc internal csrow iterator.
A convenience macro, edac_for_each_csrow_info(), is provided which defines a for loop that
iterates through all csrow objects in an EDAC memory controller, returning the csrow
information in the info structure on each iteration.
EXAMPLES
Initialize libedac handle:
edac_handle *edac;
if (!(edac = edac_handle_create ())) {
fprintf (stderr, "edac_handle_create: Out of memory!\n");
exit (1);
}
if (edac_handle_init (edac) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "Unable to get EDAC data: %s\n",
edac_strerror (edac));
exit (1);
}
printf ("EDAC initialized with %d MCs\n", edac_mc_count (edac));
edac_handle_destroy (edac);
Report all DIMM labels for MC:csrow:channel combinations
edac_mc *mc;
edac_csrow *csrow;
struct edac_mc_info mci;
struct edac_csrow_info csi;
edac_for_each_mc_info (ctx->edac, mc, mci) {
edac_for_each_csrow_info (mc, csrow, csi) {
char *label[2] = { "unset", "unset" };
if (csi.channel[0].dimm_label_valid)
label[0] = csi.channel[0].dimm_label;
if (csi.channel[1].dimm_label_valid)
label[1] = csi.channel[1].dimm_label;
printf ("%s:%s:ch0 = %s\n", mci.id, csi.id, label[0]);
printf ("%s:%s:ch1 = %s\n", mci.id, csi.id, label[1]);
}
}
SEE ALSO
edac-util(8), edac-ctl(8)
@META_ALIAS 2011-11-09 EDAC(3)