[PATCH v11 15/31] cxl/mem: Drop misaligned DCD extent groups

From: Anisa Su

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 07:30:47 EST


From: Ira Weiny <iweiny@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add an alignment gate to cxl_add_pending(): every extent in a tag group
must have its start_dpa and length aligned to the dax region's mapping
granularity. A misaligned extent makes the resulting dax device unusable,
so drop the whole group rather than accept a partial allocation that would
surface a broken dax_resource.

Based on patches by John Groves.

Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <iweiny@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Groves <John@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anisa Su <anisa.su@xxxxxxxxxxx>

---
Changes:
[anisa: gate on the dax region's actual mapping alignment (PMD_SIZE)
instead of a hardcoded SZ_2M]
---
drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
index 08f51b8807c0..14ba263044f0 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
#include <linux/unaligned.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/list_sort.h>
+#include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
#include <cxlpci.h>
#include <cxlmem.h>
#include <cxl.h>
@@ -1295,6 +1297,19 @@ static int add_to_pending_list(struct list_head *pending_list,
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * Extents need to be aligned to dax region's mapping granularity.
+ * Use PMD_SIZE, since cxl_dax_region_probe() calls alloc_dax_region with
+ * PMD_SIZE for the 'align' parameter.
+ */
+static bool cxl_extent_dcd_aligned(const struct cxl_extent *extent)
+{
+ u64 start = le64_to_cpu(extent->start_dpa);
+ u64 len = le64_to_cpu(extent->length);
+
+ return IS_ALIGNED(start, PMD_SIZE) && IS_ALIGNED(len, PMD_SIZE);
+}
+
/*
* Compare two extents by shared_extn_seq (ascending). list_sort is
* stable, so extents with equal keys keep their arrival order from
@@ -1395,11 +1410,38 @@ static int cxl_realize_group(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, const uuid_t *tag,
return group_cnt;
}

+/*
+ * Validate a tag @group before realizing it. Returns 0 if the group may be
+ * added, or a negative errno if it must be dropped. Further gates layer in
+ * here in later commits.
+ */
+static int cxl_validate_group(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, const uuid_t *tag,
+ struct list_head *group)
+{
+ struct device *dev = mds->cxlds.dev;
+ struct cxl_extent_list_node *pos;
+
+ /* Alignment gate — drop the group if any member fails */
+ list_for_each_entry(pos, group, list) {
+ if (!cxl_extent_dcd_aligned(pos->extent)) {
+ dev_warn(dev,
+ "Tag %pUb: dropping group, extent DPA:%#llx LEN:%#llx not %#llx-aligned\n",
+ tag,
+ le64_to_cpu(pos->extent->start_dpa),
+ le64_to_cpu(pos->extent->length),
+ (u64)PMD_SIZE);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* Drive the pending Add-Capacity records through cxl_realize_group(),
* grouped by tag. Per group: extract from pending, stable-sort by
- * shared_extn_seq, realize the group, and on success move it onto the
- * accepted list. Validation gates layer onto this loop in later commits.
+ * shared_extn_seq, validate, realize the group, and on success move it onto
+ * the accepted list.
*/
static int cxl_add_pending(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, bool existing)
{
@@ -1425,6 +1467,11 @@ static int cxl_add_pending(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, bool existing)
*/
list_sort(NULL, &group, extent_seq_compare);

+ if (cxl_validate_group(mds, &tag, &group)) {
+ drop_extent_group(&group);
+ continue;
+ }
+
cnt = cxl_realize_group(mds, &tag, &group, existing);
if (cnt < 0) {
drop_extent_group(&group);
--
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