Re: [PATCH 0/3] CXL updates for v6.19

Robert Richter
2025-11-13T20:35:45Z

On 13.11.25 13:10:56, Dave Jiang wrote:
> On 11/13/25 9:45 AM, Robert Richter wrote:
> > On 13.11.25 08:20:59, Dave Jiang wrote:
> >> On 11/13/25 4:01 AM, Robert Richter wrote:

> >>> Additionally, patch 3/3 (@inc variable change) of this series also
> >>> depends on patch 02/11 of v5 (store root decoder in in struct
> >>> cxl_region). If you chose to pickup some patches from v5 first on top
> >>> of cxl/next, then all this 3 patches should apply cleanly.
> >>>
> >>> Since 02/11 is one of the first patches and it sounded to me some of
> >>> them will be applied as well, I would prefer that order to avoid
> >>> rebasing and resubmitting a v6 for that. Let me know if you want to
> >>> handle this differently.
> >
> >> Hmmm....maybe I should just take the entire series hopefully next
> >> cycle when it's ready given all the dependencies?
> >
> > Patches apply cleanly on top of each other, there is nothing that
> > blocks.
> >
> > Let me know how to move forward.
>

> So currently we want to apply the 3 patches ahead of time right? Can
> you 1. post the series against 6.18-rc5, 2. provide a public branch
> (github or kernel.org) that merged this branch with cxl/next (given
> there are expected complications) that I can reference? That's
> really my preference.

Ok, thanks.

-Robert