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    cxl/memdev: Make mailbox functionality optional · f6b8ab32
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    In support of the Linux CXL core scaling for a wider set of CXL devices,
    allow for the creation of memdevs with some memory device capabilities
    disabled. Specifically, allow for CXL devices outside of those claiming
    to be compliant with the generic CXL memory device class code, like
    vendor specific Type-2/3 devices that host CXL.mem. This implies, allow
    for the creation of memdevs that only support component-registers, not
    necessarily memory-device-registers (like mailbox registers). A memdev
    derived from a CXL endpoint that does not support generic class code
    expectations is tagged "CXL_DEVTYPE_DEVMEM", while a memdev derived from a
    class-code compliant endpoint is tagged "CXL_DEVTYPE_CLASSMEM".
    
    The primary assumption of a CXL_DEVTYPE_DEVMEM memdev is that it
    optionally may not host a mailbox. Disable the command passthrough ioctl
    for memdevs that are not CXL_DEVTYPE_CLASSMEM, and return empty strings
    from memdev attributes associated with data retrieved via the
    class-device-standard IDENTIFY command. Note that empty strings were
    chosen over attribute visibility to maintain compatibility with shipping
    versions of cxl-cli that expect those attributes to always be present.
    Once cxl-cli has dropped that requirement this workaround can be
    deprecated.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/168679260782.3436160.7587293613945445365.stgit@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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