Re: [PATCH v1 07/29] cxl/region: Factor out code to find a root decoder's region

[Gregory Price]

On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 03:09:53PM +0100, Robert Richter wrote:
> In function cxl_add_to_region() there is code to determine a root
> decoder's region. Factor that code out. This is in preparation to
> further rework and simplify function cxl_add_to_region().
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
... snip ...
>  	 * one does the construction and the others add to that.
>  	 */
>  	mutex_lock(&cxlrd->range_lock);

If the function must be called with the cxlrd range lock held, then the
function should have a comment/contract that states this.

> -	region_dev = device_find_child(&cxlrd->cxlsd.cxld.dev, hpa,
> -				       match_region_by_range);
> -	if (!region_dev) {
> +	cxlr = cxl_find_region_by_range(cxlrd, hpa);
> +	if (!cxlr)
>  		cxlr = construct_region(cxlrd, cxled);
> -		region_dev = &cxlr->dev;
> -	} else
> -		cxlr = to_cxl_region(region_dev);
>  	mutex_unlock(&cxlrd->range_lock);
>