netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 13/28] cxl: prepare memdev creation for type2

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Message-ID: <9278bfd0-7b33-7b19-28cc-d860fc925530@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:33:18 +0000
From: Alejandro Lucero Palau <alucerop@....com>
To: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, alejandro.lucero-palau@....com,
 linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
 martin.habets@...inx.com, edward.cree@....com, davem@...emloft.net,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, dave.jiang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 13/28] cxl: prepare memdev creation for type2


On 12/9/24 23:30, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 09/12/2024 18:54, alejandro.lucero-palau@....com wrote:
>> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
>>
>> Current cxl core is relying on a CXL_DEVTYPE_CLASSMEM type device when
>> creating a memdev leading to problems when obtaining cxl_memdev_state
>> references from a CXL_DEVTYPE_DEVMEM type. This last device type is
>> managed by a specific vendor driver and does not need same sysfs files
>> since not userspace intervention is expected.
>>
>> Create a new cxl_mem device type with no attributes for Type2.
>>
>> Avoid debugfs files relying on existence of clx_memdev_state.
> Typo for cxl_memdev_state?


Yes. I'll fix it.

Thanks