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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 14:07:44 -0700
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 04/24] x86/resctrl: Move rmid allocation out of
mkdir_rdt_prepare()
Hi James,
On 9/14/2023 10:21 AM, James Morse wrote:
> RMID are allocated for each monitor or control group directory, because
> each of these needs its own RMID. For control groups,
> rdtgroup_mkdir_ctrl_mon() later goes on to allocate the CLOSID.
>
> MPAM's equivalent of RMID is not an independent number, so can't be
> allocated until the CLOSID is known. An RMID allocation for one CLOSID
> may fail, whereas another may succeed depending on how many monitor
> groups a control group has.
>
> The RMID allocation needs to move to be after the CLOSID has been
> allocated.
>
> Move the RMID allocation out of mkdir_rdt_prepare() to occur in its caller,
> after the mkdir_rdt_prepare() call. This allows the RMID allocator to
> know the CLOSID.
>
> Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>
> Tested-By: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Reinette
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