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Message-ID: <caa21966-967c-77c0-c2ca-8747677e186a@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:08:07 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/24] x86/resctrl: Track the number of dirty RMID a
 CLOSID has

Hi James,

On 5/25/2023 11:01 AM, James Morse wrote:

...

> @@ -391,6 +407,8 @@ static void add_rmid_to_limbo(struct rmid_entry *entry)
>  	u64 val = 0;
>  	u32 idx;
>  
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&rdtgroup_mutex);
> +
>  	idx = resctrl_arch_rmid_idx_encode(entry->closid, entry->rmid);
>  
>  	entry->busy = 0;
> @@ -420,6 +438,9 @@ static void add_rmid_to_limbo(struct rmid_entry *entry)
>  		rmid_limbo_count++;
>  	else
>  		list_add_tail(&entry->list, &rmid_free_lru);
> +
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RESCTRL_RMID_DEPENDS_ON_CLOSID))
> +		closid_num_dirty_rmid[entry->closid]++;

Wouldn't this always increment the counter, whether the entry is
dirty or not? (Although ... the later change where entries are
always dirty may make this correct ... although I would still
expect the if statement that precedes it to change).

Reinette