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    tools/testing/cxl: Introduce a mocked-up CXL port hierarchy · 67dcdd4d
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    Create an environment for CXL plumbing unit tests. Especially when it
    comes to an algorithm for HDM Decoder (Host-managed Device Memory
    Decoder) programming, the availability of an in-kernel-tree emulation
    environment for CXL configuration complexity and corner cases speeds
    development and deters regressions.
    
    The approach taken mirrors what was done for tools/testing/nvdimm/. I.e.
    an external module, cxl_test.ko built out of the tools/testing/cxl/
    directory, provides mock implementations of kernel APIs and kernel
    objects to simulate a real world device hierarchy.
    
    One feedback for the tools/testing/nvdimm/ proposal was "why not do this
    in QEMU?". In fact, the CXL development community has developed a QEMU
    model for CXL [1]. However, there are a few blocking issues that keep
    QEMU from being a tight fit for topology + provisioning unit tests:
    
    1/ The QEMU community has yet to show interest in merging any of this
       support that has had patches on the list since November 2020. So,
       testing CXL to date involves building custom QEMU with out-of-tree
       patches.
    
    2/ CXL mechanisms like cross-host-bridge interleave do not have a clear
       path to be emulated by QEMU without major infrastructure work. This
       is easier to achieve with the alloc_mock_res() approach taken in this
       patch to shortcut-define emulated system physical address ranges with
       interleave behavior.
    
    The QEMU enabling has been critical to get the driver off the ground,
    and may still move forward, but it does not address the ongoing needs of
    a regression testing environment and test driven development.
    
    This patch adds an ACPI CXL Platform definition with emulated CXL
    multi-ported host-bridges. A follow on patch adds emulated memory
    expander devices.
    Acked-by: default avatarBen Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>
    Reported-by: default avatarVishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210202005948.241655-1-ben.widawsky@intel.com [1]
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163164680798.2831381.838684634806668012.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.comReviewed-by: default avatarJonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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