linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/40] autonuma: define the autonuma flags

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:42:22 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nok.org>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/40] autonuma: define the autonuma flags

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:58:25AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 02:55:51PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > These flags are the ones tweaked through sysfs, they control the
> > behavior of autonuma, from enabling disabling it, to selecting various
> > runtime options.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/autonuma_flags.h |   62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 include/linux/autonuma_flags.h
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/autonuma_flags.h b/include/linux/autonuma_flags.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..5e29a75
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/linux/autonuma_flags.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
> > +#ifndef _LINUX_AUTONUMA_FLAGS_H
> > +#define _LINUX_AUTONUMA_FLAGS_H
> > +
> > +enum autonuma_flag {
> 
> These aren't really flags. They are bit-fields.
> A
> > +	AUTONUMA_FLAG,
> 
> Looking at the code, this is to turn it on. Perhaps a better name such
> as: AUTONUMA_ACTIVE_FLAG ?
> 
> 
> > +	AUTONUMA_IMPOSSIBLE_FLAG,
> > +	AUTONUMA_DEBUG_FLAG,
> > +	AUTONUMA_SCHED_LOAD_BALANCE_STRICT_FLAG,
> 
> I might have gotten my math wrong, but if you have
> AUTONUMA_SCHED_LOAD_BALACE.. set (so 3), that also means
> that bit 0 and 1 are on. In other words AUTONUMA_FLAG
> and AUTONUMA_IMPOSSIBLE_FLAG are turned on.
> 
> > +	AUTONUMA_SCHED_CLONE_RESET_FLAG,
> > +	AUTONUMA_SCHED_FORK_RESET_FLAG,
> > +	AUTONUMA_SCAN_PMD_FLAG,
> 
> So this is 6, which means 110 bits. So AUTONUMA_FLAG
> gets turned off.

Ignore that pls. I had in my mind that test_bit was doing boolean logic (anding and masking,
and such), but that is not the case.
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