linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 14/18] x86/resctrl: Add helpers for system wide mon/alloc capable

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Message-ID: <20f05521-ac9b-b388-393c-274ee4a9c1ee@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 11:34:00 +0000
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     "Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu)" <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/18] x86/resctrl: Add helpers for system wide
 mon/alloc capable

On 25/01/2023 07:16, Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu) wrote:
>> resctrl reads rdt_alloc_capable or rdt_mon_capable to determine whether any
>> of the resources support the corresponding features.
>> resctrl also uses the static-keys that affect the architecture's context-switch
>> code to determine the same thing.
>>
>> This forces another architecture to have the same static-keys.
>>
>> As the static-key is enabled based on the capable flag, and none of the
>> filesystem uses of these are in the scheduler path, move the capable flags
>> behind helpers, and use these in the filesystem code instead of the static-key.
>>
>> After this change, only the architecture code manages and uses the static-keys
>> to ensure __resctrl_sched_in() does not need runtime checks.
>>
>> This avoids multiple architectures having to define the same static-keys.

> Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>

Thanks!


James