linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] psi: introduce state_mask to represent stalled psi states

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Message-ID: <20190128212208.GA1416@cmpxchg.org>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:22:08 -0500
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, tj@...nel.org, lizefan@...wei.com,
        axboe@...nel.dk, dennis@...nel.org, dennisszhou@...il.com,
        mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        corbet@....net, cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] psi: introduce state_mask to represent stalled
 psi states

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:15:16PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> The psi monitoring patches will need to determine the same states as
> record_times(). To avoid calculating them twice, maintain a state mask
> that can be consulted cheaply. Do this in a separate patch to keep the
> churn in the main feature patch at a minimum.
> This adds 4-byte state_mask member into psi_group_cpu struct which
> results in its first cacheline-aligned part to become 52 bytes long.
> Add explicit values to enumeration element counters that affect
> psi_group_cpu struct size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>