linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 6/9] x86/resctrl: Move default group file creation to mount

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Message-ID: <84f04d1e-0715-d765-4bb7-e1a1d8616fce@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:58:19 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>, <corbet@....net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 6/9] x86/resctrl: Move default group file creation to
 mount



On 9/7/23 16:51, Babu Moger wrote:
> The default resource group and its files are created during kernel
> init time. Upcoming changes will make some resctrl files optional
> based on a mount parameter. If optional files are to be added to the
> default group based on the mount option, then each new file needs to
> be created separately and call kernfs_activate() again.
> 
> Create all files of the default resource group during resctrl
> mount, destroyed during unmount, to avoid scattering resctrl
> file addition across two separate code flows.
> 
> Suggested-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>

Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>

Thanks.

-Fenghua