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Compute Express Link Code Further Cleaned Up In Linux 6.17
The Compute Express Link code changes landed this weekend for the Linux 6.17 kernel with development continuing to be quite active around this subsystem for supporting latest and next-generation servers.
The Compute Express Link code changes landed this weekend for the Linux 6.17 kernel with development continuing to be quite active around this subsystem for supporting latest and next-generation servers. The Linux 6.17 CXL highlights include:- Add documentation template for CXL conventions to document CXL platform quirks - Replace mutex_lock_io() with mutex_lock() for mailbox - Add location limit for fake CFMWS range for cxl_test, ARM platform enabling - CXL documentation typo and clarity fixes - Use correct format specifier for function cxl_set_ecs_threshold() - Make cxl_bus_type constant - Introduce new helper cxl_resource_contains_addr() to check address availability - Fix wrong DPA checking for PPR operation - Remove core/acpi.c and CXL core dependency on ACPI - Introduce ACQUIRE() and ACQUIRE_ERR() for conditional locks - Add CXL updates utilizing ACQUIRE() macro to remove gotos and improve readability - Add return for the dummy version of cxl_decoder_detach() without CONFIG_CXL_REGION - CXL events updates for spec r3.2 - Fix return of __cxl_decoder_detach() error path - CXL debugfs documentation fix More details on the CXL changes for Linux 6.17 via this pull.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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