Re: [PATCH] cxl/acpi: fix CXL_ACPI=y + CXL_PMEM=m link failure

dan.j.williams
2026-03-06T01:23:40Z

Gregory Price wrote:
> Commit e7e222ad73d9 ("cxl: Move devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() to
> cxl_pmem.ko") moved devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() from cxl_core into
> cxl_pmem, creating a symbol dependency from cxl_acpi to cxl_pmem.
>
> When CXL_ACPI=y and CXL_PMEM=m, the built-in cxl_acpi attempts to
> link against a non-built-in cxl_pmem, which the linker cannot resolve.
>
> CXL_PMEM depends on LIBNVDIMM, so LIBNVDIMM=m constrains CXL_PMEM to
> at most =m.
>
> Change IS_ENABLED() to IS_REACHABLE(), which returns false when a
> built-in caller references a modular target, preventing the link error.
>
> The result is if the pmem/nvdimm symbols are not reachable at build
> time, then at runtime it will always return -ENODEV.
>
> Fixes: e7e222ad73d9 ("cxl: Move devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() to cxl_pmem.ko")
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
> ---
> drivers/cxl/acpi.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
> index 127537628817..7065413eda9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
> @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static int cxl_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (rc < 0)
> return rc;
>
> - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CXL_PMEM))
> + if (IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_CXL_PMEM))
> rc = device_for_each_child(&root_port->dev, root_port,
> add_root_nvdimm_bridge);

I think we want this conflict to be resolved at build time. The nice
thing about a new CONFIG_CXL_ACPI_PMEM symbol is you can check your
config to find out why your CXL PMEM is not working. Otherwise,
IS_REACHABLE() hides this subtelty.