Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mm: numa_memblks: Identify the accurate NUMA ID of CFMW

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:03:49 +0800 Cui Chao <cuichao1753@phytium.com.cn> wrote:

> 
> >> So please, tell us how much our users are hurting from this and please
> >> make a recommendation on the backporting decision.
> >>
> > To add on here, Cui, please describe which shipping hardware platforms
> > in the wild create physical address maps like this. For example, if this
> > is something that only occurs in QEMU configurations or similar, then
> > the urgency is low and it is debatable if Linux should even worry about
> > fixing it.
> >
> > I know that x86 platforms typically do not do this. It is also
> > within the realm of possibility for platform firmware to fix. So in
> > addition to platform impact please also clarify why folks can not just
> > ask for a firmware update to get this fixed without updating their
> > kernel.
> 
> Andrew, Dan, thank you for your review.
> 
> 1.Issue Impact and Backport Recommendation:
>
> ...
>
> Thus, I believe a kernel fix is necessary.

Thanks, I posted all that into the changelog.

> Therefore, I recommend backporting this patch to all stable kernel 
> series that support dynamic CXL region creation.

It's helpful if we can tell -stable maintainers which kernel versions
"support dynamic CXL region creation".  We communicate that by
providing a Fixes: tag in the changelog.  Are you able to help identify
a suitable commit for this?