From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
To: <nvdimm@lists.linux.dev>
Cc: <linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [ndctl PATCH] test/cxl-destroy-region.sh: create RAM regions explicitly
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 09:47:33 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <au4StZ9SWXaIXm0B@aschofie-mobl2.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106014848.938714-1-alison.schofield@intel.com>
On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 05:48:46PM -0800, Alison Schofield wrote:
> The test creates regions it expects to be RAM without passing a type.
> create-region defaults to pmem when the root decoder supports both RAM
> and PMEM, so the test fails when it picks such a decoder.
>
> cxl_test has one such decoder. Whether the test picks it depends on the
> memdev order, which changes when other CXL devices, such as QEMU-emulated
> ones, are present.
>
> Use the '-t ram' option so both checks create RAM regions regardless of
> which decoder is selected.
>
> This issue appeared while the CXL kernel patch[1] was being tested. It
> changes the cxl_test created x1 volatile window to one that support both
> RAM and PMEM.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/89e8d2cfde4f1054f37a4f48f2b206a7f05108f7.1793850480.git.alison.schofield@intel.com/
>
>
> Reported-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Applied
https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/tree/pending
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 1:48 [ndctl PATCH] test/cxl-destroy-region.sh: create RAM regions explicitly Alison Schofield
2026-11-06 15:11 ` Dave Jiang
2026-11-06 17:47 ` Alison Schofield [this message]
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