linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86: UV uv

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 15:31:28 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: UV uv_tlb.c cleanup


* Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com> wrote:

> +static ssize_t tunables_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user,
> +				size_t count, loff_t *data)
> +{
> +	int cpu;
> +	int ret;
> +	char instr[100];
> +	struct bau_control *bcp;
> +
> +	if (count == 0 || count > sizeof(instr)-1)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (copy_from_user(instr, user, count))
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +	instr[count] = '\0';
> +	bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, smp_processor_id());
> +	ret = parse_tunables_write(bcp, instr, count);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
>  		bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, cpu);
> -		bcp->max_bau_concurrent = max_bau_concurrent;
> -		bcp->max_bau_concurrent_constant = max_bau_concurrent;
> +		bcp->max_concurr = max_concurr;
> +		bcp->max_concurr_const = max_concurr;
>  		bcp->plugged_delay = plugged_delay;
>  		bcp->plugsb4reset = plugsb4reset;
>  		bcp->timeoutsb4reset = timeoutsb4reset;
>  		bcp->ipi_reset_limit = ipi_reset_limit;
>  		bcp->complete_threshold = complete_threshold;
> -		bcp->congested_response_us = congested_response_us;
> -		bcp->congested_reps = congested_reps;
> -		bcp->congested_period = congested_period;
> +		bcp->cong_response_us = congested_response_us;
> +		bcp->cong_reps = congested_reps;
> +		bcp->cong_period = congested_period;
>  	}
>  	return count;
>  }
>  
>  static const struct seq_operations uv_ptc_seq_ops = {
> -	.start		= uv_ptc_seq_start,
> -	.next		= uv_ptc_seq_next,
> -	.stop		= uv_ptc_seq_stop,
> -	.show		= uv_ptc_seq_show
> +	.start		= ptc_seq_start,
> +	.next		= ptc_seq_next,
> +	.stop		= ptc_seq_stop,
> +	.show		= ptc_seq_show

Please apply vertical alignment for mass-initializations as well, like the ones further above.

This:

 	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
 		bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, cpu);

		bcp->max_concurr		= max_concurr;
		bcp->max_concurr_const		= max_concurr;
 		bcp->plugged_delay		= plugged_delay;
 		bcp->plugsb4reset		= plugsb4reset;
 		bcp->timeoutsb4reset		= timeoutsb4reset;
 		bcp->ipi_reset_limit		= ipi_reset_limit;
 		bcp->complete_threshold		= complete_threshold;
		bcp->cong_response_us		= congested_response_us;
		bcp->cong_reps			= congested_reps;
		bcp->cong_period		= congested_period;
	}

Looks a *lot* tidier visually.

Another detail is the lack of separation between blocks of code:

> +	if (count == 0 || count > sizeof(instr)-1)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (copy_from_user(instr, user, count))
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +	instr[count] = '\0';
> +	bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, smp_processor_id());
> +	ret = parse_tunables_write(bcp, instr, count);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
>  		bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, cpu);

It looks more structured if it's written like this:

static ssize_t tunables_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user,
				size_t count, loff_t *data)
{
	int cpu;
	int ret;
	char instr[100];
	struct bau_control *bcp;

	if (count == 0 || count > sizeof(instr)-1)
		return -EINVAL;
	if (copy_from_user(instr, user, count))
		return -EFAULT;

	instr[count] = '\0';

	bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, smp_processor_id());

	ret = parse_tunables_write(bcp, instr, count);
	if (ret)
		return ret;

 	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
 		bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, cpu);

Let the code breath and keep bits together that belong together.

That way the reviewer can see the various key steps at a glance, the code 
becomes more structured.

The patterns above repeat in many places in uv_tlb.c.

And clean code works: for example, when i look at this restructured code a real 
bug in the code sticks out at me like a sore thumb: the smp_processor_id() is 
called with preemption enabled, this will generate an ugly kernel warning when 
this tunable is tweaked, with the right debug options turned on ...

Btw., please fix the bug in a separate patch, the cleanup patch itself should 
have no functional changes at all.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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