linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] x86/resctrl: Prepare to split rdt

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Message-ID: <CALPaoCiLRA9NnP_rynYi60F_USW0zi_NWqRd702RJC_E2SeCFw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:19:22 +0200
From:   Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Jamie Iles <quic_jiles@...cinc.com>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] x86/resctrl: Prepare to split rdt_domain structure

Hi Tony,

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 9:14 PM Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
>
> The rdt_domain structure is used for both control and monitor features.
> It is about to be split into separate structures for these two usages
> because the scope for control and monitoring features for a resource
> will be different for future resources.
>
> To allow for common code that scans a list of domains looking for a
> specific domain id, move the "list" and "id" fields into their own
> structure within the rdt_domain structure.

On this one I think you can say "No functional change"

Reviewed-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>

Thanks!
-Peter