linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] x86/intel_rdt/mba: Improvements to handle more RDT resources like MBA

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:54:45 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     vikas.shivappa@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, h.peter.anvin@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] x86/intel_rdt/mba: Improvements to handle more RDT
 resources like MBA

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
> This patch does some changes to get ready to handle more resources like
> Memory b/w allocation(MBA).
> 
> -Update the control registers only when user changes the controls(cbm for
> Cache resources and Mem b/w for memory). Hence not sending IPIs on all
> domains when user updates the control vals.
> -Introduce next_enabled_resource rather than looping through all
> resources while parsing each schemata line. The order of resources
> should be anyways the same as the root schemata.
> -Return error as soon as we detect a resource not entering all domain
> values in schemata rather than waiting till we parse all resources.

That looks all like reasonable optimizations and I have a hard time to
understand why this is a prerequisite for the bandwidth support.

And each of these changes is independent so they should be in seperate
patches.

> +/*
> + * Parameter r must be NULL or pointing to
> + * a valid rdt_resource_all entry.
> + * Points r to the next enabled RDT resource at the end.
> + */
> +#define next_enabled_rdt_resource(r)					\
> +do {									\
> +	if (!r)								\
> +		r = rdt_resources_all;					\
> +	else								\
> +		r++;							\
> +	for (; r < rdt_resources_all + RDT_NUM_RESOURCES; r++)		\
> +		if (r->enabled)						\
> +			break;						\
> +} while (0)


This is crap, really. What the heck is wrong with a proper function?

static struct rdt_resource *get_next_enabled_resource(struct rdt_resource *r)
{
	....

	return r;
}

Thanks,

	tglx