eeh_report_error(9)

💅 eeh_report_error(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to eeh_report_error(9) — it's a Kernel API Manual page and it's lowkey iconic. No preamble needed, let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

eeh_report_error — report pci error to each device driver

like, the whole personality of this function in one line. she reports. that's her job. periodt 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum pci_ers_result eeh_report_error (struct eeh_dev *edev , struct
pci_dev *pdev , struct pci_driver *driver );

look at her, three arguments, returns an enum pci_ers_result. main character energy fr fr 👑

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• edev — the eeh device. that's her 🎀
• pdev — okay so the manual literally says -- undescribed -- and I'm not gonna lie to you bestie, that's exactly what it says. no description. nothing. a mystery. we do not know. she's mysterious and we respect it 🙈
• driver — the device's PCI driver. the one doing the driving bestie 🚗

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does she actually do? she reports an EEH error to each device driver. that's the vibe. that's the whole thing. every driver gets told about the error, no cap 💖

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

kernel file ./arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c — aka where the magic lives, go read it 🌸

and the whole friend group, in order:

• eeh_pcid_get(9)
• eeh_pcid_put(9)
• eeh_disable_irq(9)
• eeh_enable_irq(9)
• eeh_report_mmio_enabled(9)
• eeh_report_reset(9)
• eeh_report_resume(9)
• eeh_report_failure(9)
• eeh_reset_device(9)
• eeh_handle_normal_event(9)
• eeh_handle_special_event(9)

the way this is a whole squad 😭 they all show up together, iykyk ✨

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ngl bestie, that's genuinely the entire page. no OPTIONS, no EXIT STATUS, no BUGS section — she said "short and sweet" and she meant it 🎀

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okay that's a wrap!! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸 this little transmission came from ./arch/powerpc/kernel and it's stamped October 2026 — go forth and report those errors, bestie 🫶💜