[PATCH v11 19/31] cxl/extent: Enforce cross-region tag uniqueness

From: Anisa Su

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 07:32:00 EST


The per-region scans in cxlr_add_extent() and uuid_claim_tagged() only
catch a tag re-appearing on the same cxlr_dax. The orchestrator owns
tag allocation and is responsible for global uniqueness, but a buggy FM
(or firmware redelivering a tag for a previously-closed allocation)
can still hand the same uuid to extents on two different regions or
memdevs, and the per-region checks accept the second one — leaving
two independent cxl_dc_tag_group objects with the same uuid.

Add a host-wide registry of live tag groups with non-null uuids.
alloc_tag_group() inserts on success, free_tag_group() removes; both
skip the null-uuid case since the spec defines no cross-chain identity
for untagged allocations.

A second group with the same uuid is then rejected: cxl_validate_group()
consults the registry via cxl_tag_already_committed() and returns
-EEXIST before the group is realized, and cxl_tag_register() returns
-EBUSY as a backstop against a racing insert between validate and
realize.

No exit hook is needed: cxl_core only unloads after every dependent
module has, by which point every live tag group has been freed and
the registry is empty.

Signed-off-by: Anisa Su <anisa.su@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cxl/core/core.h | 5 ++++
drivers/cxl/core/extent.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c | 16 +++++++++++
drivers/cxl/cxl.h | 3 ++
4 files changed, 83 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/core.h b/drivers/cxl/core/core.h
index bbbb86ababad..ab75cc67c24d 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/core.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/core.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int devm_cxl_add_pmem_region(struct cxl_region *cxlr);

int cxl_add_extent(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, struct cxl_extent *extent,
u16 seq_num);
+bool cxl_tag_already_committed(const uuid_t *tag);
int cxl_rm_extent(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, struct cxl_extent *extent);
int online_tag_group(struct cxl_dc_tag_group *group, bool skip_release);
#else
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ static inline int online_tag_group(struct cxl_dc_tag_group *group,
{
return 0;
}
+static inline bool cxl_tag_already_committed(const uuid_t *tag)
+{
+ return false;
+}
static inline
struct cxl_region *cxl_dpa_to_region(const struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd, u64 dpa,
struct cxl_endpoint_decoder **cxled)
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/extent.c b/drivers/cxl/core/extent.c
index a590a89f3580..36be56ca1097 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/extent.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/extent.c
@@ -18,8 +18,60 @@ static void cxled_release_extent(struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled,
memdev_release_extent(mds, &dc_extent->dpa_range);
}

+/*
+ * Host-wide registry of live tag groups with non-null uuids. Enforces
+ * that within this host, a tag uuid identifies exactly one allocation
+ * across all regions and memdevs — closing the gap left by the
+ * per-region scans in cxlr_add_extent() and uuid_claim_tagged(). The
+ * orchestrator (FM) owns tag-uuid allocation per spec; this is a
+ * defense against firmware bugs and orchestrator misbehavior. Untagged
+ * (null uuid) allocations are not tracked: the spec defines no
+ * cross-chain identity for them.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(cxl_tag_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(cxl_tag_groups);
+
+static int cxl_tag_register(struct cxl_dc_tag_group *grp)
+{
+ struct cxl_dc_tag_group *g;
+
+ if (uuid_is_null(&grp->uuid))
+ return 0;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&cxl_tag_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(g, &cxl_tag_groups, registry_node)
+ if (uuid_equal(&g->uuid, &grp->uuid))
+ return -EBUSY;
+ list_add_tail(&grp->registry_node, &cxl_tag_groups);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void cxl_tag_unregister(struct cxl_dc_tag_group *grp)
+{
+ if (uuid_is_null(&grp->uuid))
+ return;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&cxl_tag_lock);
+ list_del(&grp->registry_node);
+}
+
+bool cxl_tag_already_committed(const uuid_t *tag)
+{
+ struct cxl_dc_tag_group *g;
+
+ if (uuid_is_null(tag))
+ return false;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&cxl_tag_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(g, &cxl_tag_groups, registry_node)
+ if (uuid_equal(&g->uuid, tag))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
static void free_tag_group(struct cxl_dc_tag_group *group)
{
+ cxl_tag_unregister(group);
xa_destroy(&group->dc_extents);
/* Drop the pin taken in alloc_tag_group(). */
put_device(&group->cxlr_dax->dev);
@@ -60,12 +112,19 @@ alloc_tag_group(struct cxl_dax_region *cxlr_dax, uuid_t *uuid)
{
struct cxl_dc_tag_group *group __free(kfree) =
kzalloc(sizeof(*group), GFP_KERNEL);
+ int rc;
+
if (!group)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

group->cxlr_dax = cxlr_dax;
uuid_copy(&group->uuid, uuid);
xa_init(&group->dc_extents);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->registry_node);
+
+ rc = cxl_tag_register(group);
+ if (rc)
+ return ERR_PTR(rc);

/*
* Pin cxlr_dax: it is used after cxl_rwsem.region is dropped, so a
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
index a072355f2f7c..0e6d6ad0390b 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
@@ -1540,6 +1540,22 @@ static int cxl_validate_group(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, const uuid_t *tag,
struct device *dev = mds->cxlds.dev;
struct cxl_extent_list_node *pos;

+ /*
+ * Cross-More-chain uniqueness. A non-null tag seen in this group must
+ * not already correspond to a committed tag group anywhere on this
+ * host. More=0 was supposed to close that allocation, and tag uuids
+ * must be unique across all regions and memdevs (the orchestrator owns
+ * assignment per spec). Either constraint failing — same chain
+ * redelivered, or two distinct allocations colliding on the same uuid —
+ * is a firmware/orchestrator bug; reject the whole group.
+ */
+ if (cxl_tag_already_committed(tag)) {
+ dev_warn(dev,
+ "Tag %pUb: dropping group, tag already committed (firmware/orchestrator bug)\n",
+ tag);
+ return -EEXIST;
+ }
+
/* Sequence-number integrity */
if (cxl_check_group_seq(dev, tag, group, shareable))
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
index aae7eecd191a..e82d8bf1388b 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ struct cxl_dax_region {
* allocations.
* @nr_extents: live count of dc_extents in the group; the group is freed
* when the last dc_extent device is released.
+ * @registry_node: anchor in the host-wide non-null-tag registry that
+ * enforces tag uuid uniqueness across all regions and memdevs.
* @skip_device_release: tear the group down without sending a Release DC
* command to the device. Set when rejecting a group whose
* extents this host never accepted, so they are omitted from the
@@ -609,6 +611,7 @@ struct cxl_dc_tag_group {
uuid_t uuid;
struct xarray dc_extents;
unsigned int nr_extents;
+ struct list_head registry_node;
bool skip_device_release;
};

--
2.43.0