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Message-ID: <20241212184404.GC2110@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:44:04 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: alejandro.lucero-palau@....com
Cc: 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,
	Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 24/28] cxl: add region flag for precluding a device
 memory to be used for dax

On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 06:54:25PM +0000, alejandro.lucero-palau@....com wrote:
> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> 
> By definition a type2 cxl device will use the host managed memory for
> specific functionality, therefore it should not be available to other
> uses. However, a dax interface could be just good enough in some cases.
> 
> Add a flag to a cxl region for specifically state to not create a dax
> device. Allow a Type2 driver to set that flag at region creation time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Zhi Wang <zhiw@...dia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  drivers/cxl/cxl.h         |  3 +++
>  drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h      |  3 ++-
>  include/cxl/cxl.h         |  3 ++-
>  4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> index b014f2fab789..b39086356d74 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> @@ -3562,7 +3562,8 @@ __construct_new_region(struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd,
>   * cxl_region driver.
>   */
>  struct cxl_region *cxl_create_region(struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd,
> -				     struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled)
> +				     struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled,
> +				     bool no_dax)

nit: no_dax should be added to the Kernel doc for this function.

Also, I think you need to squash the following patch, which updates
the caller to use pass the extra argument, into this patch. Or otherwise
rework things slightly to avoid breaking bisection.

>  {
>  	struct cxl_region *cxlr;
>  

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