linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 08/17] nvdimm/label: Preserve cxl region information from region label

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Message-ID: <f161f011-e4f3-47f4-aa09-6266da1cd423@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:13:13 -0700
From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
To: Neeraj Kumar <s.neeraj@...sung.com>, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org,
 nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gost.dev@...sung.com
Cc: a.manzanares@...sung.com, vishak.g@...sung.com, neeraj.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 08/17] nvdimm/label: Preserve cxl region information
 from region label



On 11/19/25 12:52 AM, Neeraj Kumar wrote:
> Preserve region information from region label during nvdimm_probe. This
> preserved region information is used for creating cxl region to achieve
> region persistency across reboot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neeraj Kumar <s.neeraj@...sung.com>

Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>

Assume there's a plan to add >1 region labels preservation in the next step?

> ---
>  drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c     |  4 ++++
>  drivers/nvdimm/label.c    | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h  |  2 ++
>  drivers/nvdimm/nd.h       |  1 +
>  include/linux/libnvdimm.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c
> index 07f5c5d5e537..590ec883903d 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ static int nvdimm_probe(struct device *dev)
>  	if (rc)
>  		goto err;
>  
> +	/* Preserve cxl region info if available */
> +	if (ndd->cxl)
> +		nvdimm_cxl_region_preserve(ndd);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  
>   err:
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
> index da55ecd95e2f..0f8aea61b504 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
> @@ -490,6 +490,46 @@ int nd_label_reserve_dpa(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +int nvdimm_cxl_region_preserve(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
> +{
> +	struct nvdimm *nvdimm = to_nvdimm(ndd->dev);
> +	struct cxl_pmem_region_params *p = &nvdimm->cxl_region_params;
> +	struct nd_namespace_index *nsindex;
> +	unsigned long *free;
> +	u32 nslot, slot;
> +
> +	if (!preamble_current(ndd, &nsindex, &free, &nslot))
> +		return 0; /* no label, nothing to preserve */
> +
> +	for_each_clear_bit_le(slot, free, nslot) {
> +		union nd_lsa_label *lsa_label;
> +		struct cxl_region_label *region_label;
> +		uuid_t *region_uuid;
> +
> +		lsa_label = to_lsa_label(ndd, slot);
> +		region_label = &lsa_label->region_label;
> +		region_uuid = (uuid_t *) &region_label->type;
> +
> +		/* TODO: Currently preserving only one region */
> +		if (uuid_equal(&cxl_region_uuid, region_uuid)) {
> +			nvdimm->is_region_label = true;
> +			import_uuid(&p->uuid, region_label->uuid);
> +			p->flags = __le32_to_cpu(region_label->flags);
> +			p->nlabel = __le16_to_cpu(region_label->nlabel);
> +			p->position = __le16_to_cpu(region_label->position);
> +			p->dpa = __le64_to_cpu(region_label->dpa);
> +			p->rawsize = __le64_to_cpu(region_label->rawsize);
> +			p->hpa = __le64_to_cpu(region_label->hpa);
> +			p->slot = __le32_to_cpu(region_label->slot);
> +			p->ig = __le32_to_cpu(region_label->ig);
> +			p->align = __le32_to_cpu(region_label->align);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  int nd_label_data_init(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
>  {
>  	size_t config_size, read_size, max_xfer, offset;
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h
> index bfc6bfeb6e24..a73fac81531e 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h
> @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ struct nvdimm {
>  	} sec;
>  	struct delayed_work dwork;
>  	const struct nvdimm_fw_ops *fw_ops;
> +	bool is_region_label;
> +	struct cxl_pmem_region_params cxl_region_params;
>  };
>  
>  static inline unsigned long nvdimm_security_flags(
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
> index b241a0b2e314..281d30dd9ba0 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
> @@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ void nvdimm_set_locked(struct device *dev);
>  void nvdimm_clear_locked(struct device *dev);
>  int nvdimm_security_setup_events(struct device *dev);
>  bool nvdimm_region_label_supported(struct device *dev);
> +int nvdimm_cxl_region_preserve(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd);
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVDIMM_KEYS)
>  int nvdimm_security_unlock(struct device *dev);
>  #else
> diff --git a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
> index bbf14a260c93..07ea2e3f821a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
> @@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ struct nd_cmd_desc {
>  	int out_sizes[ND_CMD_MAX_ELEM];
>  };
>  
> +struct cxl_pmem_region_params {
> +	uuid_t uuid;
> +	u32 flags;
> +	u16 nlabel;
> +	u16 position;
> +	u64 dpa;
> +	u64 rawsize;
> +	u64 hpa;
> +	u32 slot;
> +	u32 ig;
> +	u32 align;
> +	int nr_targets;
> +};
> +
>  struct nd_interleave_set {
>  	/* v1.1 definition of the interleave-set-cookie algorithm */
>  	u64 cookie1;