linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 20/24] x86/resctrl: Add CPU online callback for resctrl work

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Message-ID: <13b1ecb3-39fb-3762-9ef6-2d70d39a90ed@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2023 14:20:11 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 20/24] x86/resctrl: Add CPU online callback for resctrl
 work

Hi James,

On 9/14/2023 10:21 AM, James Morse wrote:
> The resctrl architecture specific code may need to create a domain when
> a CPU comes online, it also needs to reset the CPUs PQR_ASSOC register.
> The resctrl filesystem code needs to update the rdtgroup_default CPU
> mask when CPUs are brought online.
> 
> Currently this is all done in one function, resctrl_online_cpu().
> This will need to be split into architecture and filesystem parts
> before resctrl can be moved to /fs/.
> 
> Pull the rdtgroup_default update work out as a filesystem specific
> cpu_online helper. resctrl_online_cpu() is the obvious name for this,
> which means the version in core.c needs renaming.
> 
> resctrl_online_cpu() is called by the arch code once it has done the
> work to add the new CPU to any domains.
> 
> In future patches, resctrl_online_cpu() will take the rdtgroup_mutex
> itself.
> 
> 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