Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] cxl/acpi: Register CXL host ports by bridge device

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed Nov 09 2022 - 18:12:06 EST


On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 11:40:51AM +0100, Robert Richter wrote:
> A port of a CXL host bridge links to the bridge's acpi device

s/acpi/ACPI/ to match usage below.

> (&adev->dev) with its corresponding uport/dport device (uport_dev and
> dport_dev respectively). The device is not a direct parent device in
> the PCI topology as pdev->dev.parent points to a PCI bridge's (struct
> pci_host_bridge) device. The following CXL memory device hierarchy
> would be valid for an endpoint once an RCD EP would be enabled (note
> this will be done in a later patch):
>
> VH mode:
>
> cxlmd->dev.parent->parent
> ^^^\^^^^^^\ ^^^^^^\
> \ \ pci_dev (Type 1, Downstream Port)
> \ pci_dev (Type 0, PCI Express Endpoint)
> cxl mem device
>
> RCD mode:
>
> cxlmd->dev.parent->parent
> ^^^\^^^^^^\ ^^^^^^\
> \ \ pci_host_bridge
> \ pci_dev (Type 0, RCiEP)
> cxl mem device
>
> In VH mode a downstream port is created by port enumeration and thus
> always exists.
>
> Now, in RCD mode the host bridge also already exists but it references
> to an ACPI device. A port lookup by the PCI device's parent device
> will fail as a direct link to the registered port is missing. The ACPI
> device of the bridge must be determined first.
>
> To prevent this, change port registration of a CXL host to use the
> bridge device instead. Do this also for the VH case as port topology
> will better reflect the PCI topology then.
>
> If a mock device is registered by a test driver, the bridge pointer
> can be NULL. Keep using the matching ACPI device (&adev->dev) as a
> fallback in this case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxx>