Re: [PATCH v17 10/22] cx/memdev: Indicate probe deferral

[Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:13:43 +0100
<alejandro.lucero-palau@amd.com> wrote:

> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
> 
> The first step for a CXL accelerator driver that wants to establish new
> CXL.mem regions is to register a 'struct cxl_memdev'. That kicks off
> cxl_mem_probe() to enumerate all 'struct cxl_port' instances in the
> topology up to the root.
> 
> If the port driver has not attached yet the expectation is that the
> driver waits until that link is established. The common cxl_pci driver
> has reason to keep the 'struct cxl_memdev' device attached to the bus
> until the root driver attaches. An accelerator may want to instead defer
> probing until CXL resources can be acquired.
> 
> Use the @endpoint attribute of a 'struct cxl_memdev' to convey when a
> accelerator driver probing should be deferred vs failed. Provide that
> indication via a new cxl_acquire_endpoint() API that can retrieve the
> probe status of the memdev.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
This looks fine to me, but it needs more eyes.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>