Re: [PATCH] cxl: Fix premature commit_end increment on decoder commit failure

From: Dave Jiang

Date: Fri Jan 30 2026 - 11:17:25 EST




On 1/28/26 11:45 PM, Yuxiong Wang wrote:
> In cxl_decoder_commit(), commit_end is incremented before verifying whether the
> commit succeeded, and the CXL_DECODER_F_ENABLE bit in cxld->flags is only set
> after a successful commit. As a result, if the commit fails, commit_end has been
> incremented and cxld->reset() has no effect since the flag is not set, so commit_end
> remains incorrectly incremented. The inconsistency between commit_end and
> CXL_DECODER_F_ENABLE causes failure during subsequent either commit or reset
> operations.
>
> Fix this by incrementing commit_end only after confirming the commit succeeded.
> Also, remove the ineffective cxld->reset() call. According to CXL 3.2 Spec 8.2.4.20.12
> Committing Decoder Programming, since cxld_await_commit() has cleared the decoder
> commit bit on failure, no additional reset is required.
>
> Fixes: 176baef ("cxl/hdm: Commit decoder state to hardware")
> Signed-off-by: Yuxiong Wang <yuxiong.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to cxl/next
7b6f9d9b1ea05c9c22570126547c780e8c6c3f62

> ---
> Change log:
> * Added CXL 3.2 Spec 8.2.4.20.12 Committing Decoder Programming statement. Thanks
> Alison.
> * Collected reviewed-by. Thanks Dave and Alison.
> RFC Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/aXqKC-bscufh1ggq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c b/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
> index eb5a3a7640c6..912f648a6b7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
> @@ -844,14 +844,13 @@ static int cxl_decoder_commit(struct cxl_decoder *cxld)
> scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &cxl_rwsem.dpa)
> setup_hw_decoder(cxld, hdm);
>
> - port->commit_end++;
> rc = cxld_await_commit(hdm, cxld->id);
> if (rc) {
> dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s: error %d committing decoder\n",
> dev_name(&cxld->dev), rc);
> - cxld->reset(cxld);
> return rc;
> }
> + port->commit_end++;
> cxld->flags |= CXL_DECODER_F_ENABLE;
>
> return 0;