linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API)

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Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:48:05 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Andrey Savochkin <saw@...ru>, devel@...nvz.org,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Rohit Seth <rohitseth@...gle.com>,
	Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API)

On Wednesday 23 August 2006 15:27, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 August 2006 13:03, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>+#ifdef CONFIG_BEANCOUNTERS
> >>+extern struct hlist_head bc_hash[];
> >>+extern spinlock_t bc_hash_lock;
> > 
> > 
> > I wonder who pokes into that hash from other files? Looks a bit dangerous.
> it was kernel/ub/proc.c with proc interface :)
> however, we removed it from this patchset version, but forgot extern's...
> 
> will remove

Best remove the EXPORT_SYMBOLs too and make it static.

> >>+void __put_beancounter(struct beancounter *bc);
> >>+static inline void put_beancounter(struct beancounter *bc)
> >>+{
> >>+	__put_beancounter(bc);
> >>+}
> > 
> > 
> > The wrapper seems pointless too.
> yep, almost the same reason :)
> 
> > The file could use a overview comment what the various counter
> > types actually are.
> you mean comment about what resource parameters we introduce?

I meant about what a barrier counter etc. is and what makes
it different from other counters.

The individual resources can be probably described elswhere.

-Andi
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