Re: [PATCH 02/14] cxl/mem: Map memory device registers

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 10:31:51AM -0800, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > > +		if (reg_type == CXL_REGLOC_RBI_MEMDEV) {
> > > +			rc = 0;
> > > +			cxlm = cxl_mem_create(pdev, reg_lo, reg_hi);
> > > +			if (!cxlm)
> > > +				rc = -ENODEV;
> > > +			break;
> > 
> > And given that we're going to grow more types eventually, why not start
> > out with a switch here?  Also why return the structure when nothing
> > uses it?
> 
>  We've (Intel) already started working on the libnvdimm integration which does
>  change this around a bit. In order to go with what's best tested though, I've
>  chosen to use this as is for merge. Many different people not just in Intel
>  have tested these codepaths. The resulting code moves the check on register
>  type out of this function entirely.
> 
>  If you'd like me to make it a switch, I can, but it's going to be extracted
>  later anyway.

This was just a suggestion.  No hard feelings, it's just that the code
looks a little odd to me.