Re: [PATCH v6 4/7] libcxl: Add extent functionality to DC regions
From: Dave Jiang
Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 20:06:09 EST
On 5/23/26 2:50 AM, Anisa Su wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> DCD regions have 0 or more extents. The ability to list those and their
> properties is useful to end users.
>
> Add extent scanning and reporting functionality to libcxl.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Missing Anisa sign-off
>
> ---
> Changes:
> [alison: s/tag/uuid/ for extents]
> ---
> Documentation/cxl/lib/libcxl.txt | 27 ++++++
> cxl/lib/libcxl.c | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> cxl/lib/libcxl.sym | 5 ++
> cxl/lib/private.h | 11 +++
> cxl/libcxl.h | 11 +++
> 5 files changed, 192 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/cxl/lib/libcxl.txt b/Documentation/cxl/lib/libcxl.txt
> index 9921ac1..0ad294c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/cxl/lib/libcxl.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/cxl/lib/libcxl.txt
> @@ -635,6 +635,33 @@ where its properties can be interrogated by daxctl. The helper
> cxl_region_get_daxctl_region() returns an 'struct daxctl_region *' that
> can be used with other libdaxctl APIs.
>
> +EXTENTS
> +-------
> +
> +=== EXTENT: Enumeration
> +----
> +struct cxl_region_extent;
> +struct cxl_region_extent *cxl_extent_get_first(struct cxl_region *region);
> +struct cxl_region_extent *cxl_extent_get_next(struct cxl_region_extent *extent);
> +#define cxl_extent_foreach(region, extent) \
> + for (extent = cxl_extent_get_first(region); \
> + extent != NULL; \
> + extent = cxl_extent_get_next(extent))
> +
> +----
> +
> +=== EXTENT: Attributes
> +----
> +unsigned long long cxl_extent_get_offset(struct cxl_region_extent *extent);
> +unsigned long long cxl_extent_get_length(struct cxl_region_extent *extent);
> +void cxl_extent_get_uuid(struct cxl_region_extent *extent, uuid_t uuid);
> +----
> +
> +Extents represent available memory within a dynamic capacity region. Extent
> +objects are available for informational purposes to aid in allocation of
> +memory.
> +
> +
> include::../../copyright.txt[]
>
> SEE ALSO
> diff --git a/cxl/lib/libcxl.c b/cxl/lib/libcxl.c
> index be0bc03..c096666 100644
> --- a/cxl/lib/libcxl.c
> +++ b/cxl/lib/libcxl.c
> @@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ static void *add_cxl_region(void *parent, int id, const char *cxlregion_base)
> region->ctx = ctx;
> region->decoder = decoder;
> list_head_init(®ion->mappings);
> + list_head_init(®ion->extents);
>
> region->dev_path = strdup(cxlregion_base);
> if (!region->dev_path)
> @@ -1257,6 +1258,143 @@ cxl_mapping_get_next(struct cxl_memdev_mapping *mapping)
> return list_next(®ion->mappings, mapping, list);
> }
>
> +static void cxl_extents_init(struct cxl_region *region)
> +{
> + const char *devname = cxl_region_get_devname(region);
> + struct cxl_ctx *ctx = cxl_region_get_ctx(region);
> + char *extent_path, *dax_region_path;
> + struct dirent *de;
> + DIR *dir = NULL;
> +
> + if (region->extents_init)
> + return;
> + region->extents_init = 1;
> +
> + dax_region_path = calloc(1, strlen(region->dev_path) + 64);
> + if (!dax_region_path) {
> + err(ctx, "%s: allocation failure\n", devname);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + extent_path = calloc(1, strlen(region->dev_path) + 100);
> + if (!extent_path) {
> + err(ctx, "%s: allocation failure\n", devname);
> + free(dax_region_path);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + sprintf(dax_region_path, "%s/dax_region%d",
> + region->dev_path, region->id);
> + dir = opendir(dax_region_path);
> + if (!dir) {
> + err(ctx, "no extents found (%s): %s\n",
> + strerror(errno), dax_region_path);
> + free(extent_path);
> + free(dax_region_path);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
> + struct cxl_region_extent *extent;
> + char buf[SYSFS_ATTR_SIZE];
> + u64 offset, length;
> + int id, region_id;
> +
> + if (sscanf(de->d_name, "extent%d.%d", ®ion_id, &id) != 2)
> + continue;
> +
> + sprintf(extent_path, "%s/extent%d.%d/offset",
> + dax_region_path, region_id, id);
> + if (sysfs_read_attr(ctx, extent_path, buf) < 0) {
> + err(ctx, "%s: failed to read extent%d.%d/offset\n",
> + devname, region_id, id);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + offset = strtoull(buf, NULL, 0);
> + if (offset == ULLONG_MAX) {
> + err(ctx, "%s extent%d.%d: failed to read offset\n",
> + devname, region_id, id);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + sprintf(extent_path, "%s/extent%d.%d/length",
> + dax_region_path, region_id, id);
> + if (sysfs_read_attr(ctx, extent_path, buf) < 0) {
> + err(ctx, "%s: failed to read extent%d.%d/length\n",
> + devname, region_id, id);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + length = strtoull(buf, NULL, 0);
> + if (length == ULLONG_MAX) {
> + err(ctx, "%s extent%d.%d: failed to read length\n",
> + devname, region_id, id);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + sprintf(extent_path, "%s/extent%d.%d/tag",
> + dax_region_path, region_id, id);
> + buf[0] = '\0';
> + if (sysfs_read_attr(ctx, extent_path, buf) != 0)
> + dbg(ctx, "%s extent%d.%d: failed to read uuid\n",
> + devname, region_id, id);
> +
> + extent = calloc(1, sizeof(*extent));
> + if (!extent) {
> + err(ctx, "%s extent%d.%d: allocation failure\n",
> + devname, region_id, id);
> + continue;
> + }
> + if (strlen(buf) && uuid_parse(buf, extent->uuid) < 0)
> + err(ctx, "%s:%s\n", extent_path, buf);
> + extent->region = region;
> + extent->offset = offset;
> + extent->length = length;
> +
> + list_node_init(&extent->list);
> + list_add(®ion->extents, &extent->list);
free_region() never frees any of the extents allocated and added here and thus leak the memory when region is freed.
> + dbg(ctx, "%s added extent%d.%d\n", devname, region_id, id);
> + }
> + free(dax_region_path);
> + free(extent_path);
> + closedir(dir);
> +}
> +
> +CXL_EXPORT struct cxl_region_extent *
> +cxl_extent_get_first(struct cxl_region *region)
> +{
> + cxl_extents_init(region);
> +
> + return list_top(®ion->extents, struct cxl_region_extent, list);
> +}
> +
> +CXL_EXPORT struct cxl_region_extent *
> +cxl_extent_get_next(struct cxl_region_extent *extent)
> +{
> + struct cxl_region *region = extent->region;
> +
> + return list_next(®ion->extents, extent, list);
> +}
> +
> +CXL_EXPORT unsigned long long
> +cxl_extent_get_offset(struct cxl_region_extent *extent)
> +{
> + return extent->offset;
> +}
> +
> +CXL_EXPORT unsigned long long
> +cxl_extent_get_length(struct cxl_region_extent *extent)
> +{
> + return extent->length;
> +}
> +
> +CXL_EXPORT void
> +cxl_extent_get_uuid(struct cxl_region_extent *extent, uuid_t uuid)
> +{
> + memcpy(uuid, extent->uuid, sizeof(uuid_t));
> +}
> +
> CXL_EXPORT struct cxl_decoder *
> cxl_mapping_get_decoder(struct cxl_memdev_mapping *mapping)
> {
> diff --git a/cxl/lib/libcxl.sym b/cxl/lib/libcxl.sym
> index 258bdd3..dcfe242 100644
> --- a/cxl/lib/libcxl.sym
> +++ b/cxl/lib/libcxl.sym
> @@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ global:
> cxl_memdev_get_dynamic_ram_a_qos_class;
> cxl_decoder_is_dynamic_ram_a_capable;
> cxl_decoder_create_dynamic_ram_a_region;
> + cxl_extent_get_first;
> + cxl_extent_get_next;
> + cxl_extent_get_offset;
> + cxl_extent_get_length;
> + cxl_extent_get_uuid;
> } LIBECXL_8;
>
> LIBCXL_10 {
> diff --git a/cxl/lib/private.h b/cxl/lib/private.h
> index 37b7b06..c5f3bed 100644
> --- a/cxl/lib/private.h
> +++ b/cxl/lib/private.h
> @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct cxl_region {
> struct cxl_decoder *decoder;
> struct list_node list;
> int mappings_init;
> + int extents_init;
> struct cxl_ctx *ctx;
> void *dev_buf;
> size_t buf_len;
> @@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ struct cxl_region {
> struct daxctl_region *dax_region;
> struct kmod_module *module;
> struct list_head mappings;
> + struct list_head extents;
> };
>
> struct cxl_memdev_mapping {
> @@ -209,6 +211,15 @@ struct cxl_memdev_mapping {
> struct list_node list;
> };
>
> +#define CXL_REGION_EXTENT_TAG 0x10
defined but never used
DJ
> +struct cxl_region_extent {
> + struct cxl_region *region;
> + u64 offset;
> + u64 length;
> + uuid_t uuid;
> + struct list_node list;
> +};
> +
> enum cxl_cmd_query_status {
> CXL_CMD_QUERY_NOT_RUN = 0,
> CXL_CMD_QUERY_OK,
> diff --git a/cxl/libcxl.h b/cxl/libcxl.h
> index fd41122..a60509f 100644
> --- a/cxl/libcxl.h
> +++ b/cxl/libcxl.h
> @@ -394,6 +394,17 @@ unsigned int cxl_mapping_get_position(struct cxl_memdev_mapping *mapping);
> mapping != NULL; \
> mapping = cxl_mapping_get_next(mapping))
>
> +struct cxl_region_extent;
> +struct cxl_region_extent *cxl_extent_get_first(struct cxl_region *region);
> +struct cxl_region_extent *cxl_extent_get_next(struct cxl_region_extent *extent);
> +#define cxl_extent_foreach(region, extent) \
> + for (extent = cxl_extent_get_first(region); \
> + extent != NULL; \
> + extent = cxl_extent_get_next(extent))
> +unsigned long long cxl_extent_get_offset(struct cxl_region_extent *extent);
> +unsigned long long cxl_extent_get_length(struct cxl_region_extent *extent);
> +void cxl_extent_get_uuid(struct cxl_region_extent *extent, uuid_t uuid);
> +
> struct cxl_cmd;
> const char *cxl_cmd_get_devname(struct cxl_cmd *cmd);
> struct cxl_cmd *cxl_cmd_new_raw(struct cxl_memdev *memdev, int opcode);