[PATCH V5 05/17] nvdimm/label: Skip region label during ns label DPA reservation

From: Neeraj Kumar

Date: Fri Jan 09 2026 - 08:07:29 EST


CXL 3.2 Spec mentions CXL LSA 2.1 Namespace Labels at section
9.13.2.5. If Namespace label is present in LSA during
nvdimm_probe() then dimm-physical-address(DPA) reservation is
required. But this reservation is not required by cxl region
label. Therefore if LSA scanning finds any region label, skip it.

Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Kumar <s.neeraj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvdimm/label.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
index 9854cb45fb62..169692dfa12c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
@@ -469,6 +469,14 @@ int nd_label_reserve_dpa(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
lsa_label = to_lsa_label(ndd, slot);
nd_label = &lsa_label->ns_label;

+ /*
+ * Skip region label. If LSA label is region label
+ * then it don't require dimm-physical-address(DPA)
+ * reservation. Whereas its required for namespace label
+ */
+ if (is_region_label(ndd, lsa_label))
+ continue;
+
if (!slot_valid(ndd, lsa_label, slot))
continue;

--
2.34.1