Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] cxl: Add memory offlining and cache flush helpers

[Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>]

On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:23:18 +0000
<smadhavan@nvidia.com> wrote:

> From: Srirangan Madhavan <smadhavan@nvidia.com>
> 
> Add infrastructure for quiescing the CXL data path before reset:
> 
> - Memory offlining: check if CXL-backed memory is online and offline
>   it via offline_and_remove_memory() before reset, per CXL
>   spec requirement to quiesce all CXL.mem transactions before issuing
>   CXL Reset.
> - CPU cache flush: invalidate cache lines before reset
>   as a safety measure after memory offline.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srirangan Madhavan <smadhavan@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/pci.c | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 110 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
> index f96ce884a213..9e6f0c4b3cb6 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #include <linux/io-64-nonatomic-lo-hi.h>
>  #include <linux/device.h>
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
> +#include <linux/memregion.h>
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>  #include <linux/pci-doe.h>
>  #include <linux/aer.h>
> @@ -869,3 +871,111 @@ int cxl_port_get_possible_dports(struct cxl_port *port)
> 
>  	return ctx.count;
>  }
> +
> +/*
> + * CXL Reset support - core-provided reset logic for CXL devices.
> + *
> + * These functions implement the CXL reset sequence.
> + */
> +
> +/*
> + * If CXL memory backed by this decoder is online as System RAM, offline
> + * and remove it per CXL spec requirements before issuing CXL Reset.
> + * Returns 0 if memory was not online or was successfully offlined.
> + */
> +static int __maybe_unused cxl_offline_memory(struct device *dev, void *data)
> +{
> +	struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled;
> +	struct cxl_region *cxlr;
> +	struct cxl_region_params *p;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	if (!is_endpoint_decoder(dev))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	cxled = to_cxl_endpoint_decoder(dev);
> +	cxlr = cxled->cxld.region;
> +	if (!cxlr)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	p = &cxlr->params;
> +	if (!p->res)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (walk_iomem_res_desc(IORES_DESC_NONE,
> +				IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
> +				p->res->start, p->res->end, NULL, NULL) <= 0)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	dev_info(dev, "Offlining CXL memory [%pr] for reset\n", p->res);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
> +	rc = offline_and_remove_memory(p->res->start, resource_size(p->res));
> +	if (rc) {
> +		dev_err(dev,
> +			"Failed to offline CXL memory [%pr]: %d\n",
> +			p->res, rc);
> +		return rc;
> +	}
> +#else
> +	dev_err(dev, "Memory hotremove not supported, cannot offline CXL memory\n");
> +	rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	return rc;
> +#endif

This would be cleaner if we stubbed offline_and_remove_memory() with
-EOPNOTSUPP.  Thanks,

Alex



> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int __maybe_unused cxl_reset_prepare_memdev(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd)
> +{
> +	struct cxl_port *endpoint;
> +	struct device *dev;
> +
> +	if (!cxlmd || !cxlmd->cxlds)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
> +	dev = cxlmd->cxlds->dev;
> +	endpoint = cxlmd->endpoint;
> +	if (!endpoint)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	return device_for_each_child(&endpoint->dev, NULL,
> +				      cxl_offline_memory);
> +}
> +
> +static int __maybe_unused cxl_decoder_flush_cache(struct device *dev, void *data)
> +{
> +	struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled;
> +	struct cxl_region *cxlr;
> +	struct resource *res;
> +
> +	if (!is_endpoint_decoder(dev))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	cxled = to_cxl_endpoint_decoder(dev);
> +	cxlr = cxled->cxld.region;
> +	if (!cxlr || !cxlr->params.res)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	res = cxlr->params.res;
> +	cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(res->start, resource_size(res));
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int __maybe_unused cxl_reset_flush_cpu_caches(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd)
> +{
> +	struct cxl_port *endpoint;
> +
> +	if (!cxlmd)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	endpoint = cxlmd->endpoint;
> +	if (!endpoint || IS_ERR(endpoint))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (!cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion())
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	device_for_each_child(&endpoint->dev, NULL, cxl_decoder_flush_cache);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> --
> 2.43.0
> 
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