[PATCH 7/9] cxl/core: add cxl_devdax_region driver for explicit userland region binding

Gregory Price
2026-01-29T21:05:06Z

Add a new cxl_devdax_region driver that probes CXL regions in device
dax mode and creates dax_region devices. This allows explicit binding to
the device_dax dax driver instead of the kmem driver.

Exports to_cxl_region() to core.h so it can be used by the driver.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
---
drivers/cxl/core/core.h | 2 ++
drivers/cxl/core/dax_region.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
drivers/cxl/cxl.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/core.h b/drivers/cxl/core/core.h
index 217dd708a2a6..ea4df8abc2ad 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/core.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/core.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ u64 cxl_dpa_to_hpa(struct cxl_region *cxlr, const struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd,
int devm_cxl_add_dax_region(struct cxl_region *cxlr, enum dax_driver_type);
int devm_cxl_add_pmem_region(struct cxl_region *cxlr);

+extern struct cxl_driver cxl_devdax_region_driver;
+
#else
static inline u64 cxl_dpa_to_hpa(struct cxl_region *cxlr,
const struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd, u64 dpa)
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/dax_region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/dax_region.c
index 0602db5f7248..391d51e5ec37 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/dax_region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/dax_region.c
@@ -111,3 +111,19 @@ int devm_cxl_add_dax_region(struct cxl_region *cxlr,
put_device(dev);
return rc;
}
+
+static int cxl_devdax_region_driver_probe(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct cxl_region *cxlr = to_cxl_region(dev);
+
+ if (cxlr->mode != CXL_PARTMODE_RAM)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ return devm_cxl_add_dax_region(cxlr, DAXDRV_DEVICE_TYPE);
+}
+
+struct cxl_driver cxl_devdax_region_driver = {
+ .name = "cxl_devdax_region",
+ .probe = cxl_devdax_region_driver_probe,
+ .id = CXL_DEVICE_REGION,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index 61ec939c1462..6200ca1cc2dd 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
*/
static nodemask_t nodemask_region_seen = NODE_MASK_NONE;

-static struct cxl_region *to_cxl_region(struct device *dev);
-
#define __ACCESS_ATTR_RO(_level, _name) { \
.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 }, \
.show = _name##_access##_level##_show, \
@@ -2430,7 +2428,7 @@ bool is_cxl_region(struct device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(is_cxl_region, "CXL");

-static struct cxl_region *to_cxl_region(struct device *dev)
+struct cxl_region *to_cxl_region(struct device *dev)
{
if (dev_WARN_ONCE(dev, dev->type != &cxl_region_type,
"not a cxl_region device\n"))
@@ -3726,11 +3724,26 @@ static struct cxl_driver cxl_region_driver = {

int cxl_region_init(void)
{
- return cxl_driver_register(&cxl_region_driver);
+ int rc;
+
+ rc = cxl_driver_register(&cxl_region_driver);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+
+ rc = cxl_driver_register(&cxl_devdax_region_driver);
+ if (rc)
+ goto err_dax;
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_dax:
+ cxl_driver_unregister(&cxl_region_driver);
+ return rc;
}

void cxl_region_exit(void)
{
+ cxl_driver_unregister(&cxl_devdax_region_driver);
cxl_driver_unregister(&cxl_region_driver);
}

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
index c06a239c0008..674d5f870c70 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ int cxl_dvsec_rr_decode(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds,
struct cxl_endpoint_dvsec_info *info);

bool is_cxl_region(struct device *dev);
+struct cxl_region *to_cxl_region(struct device *dev);

extern const struct bus_type cxl_bus_type;

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