linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 09/10] x86/resctrl: Add support for the files for MON groups only

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Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2023 14:01:17 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 09/10] x86/resctrl: Add support for the files for MON
 groups only

Hi Babu,

On 10/6/2023 1:49 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
> Hi Reinette,
> 
> On 10/6/2023 12:53 PM, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> Hi Babu,
>>
>> On 10/3/2023 4:54 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
>>> Files unique to monitoring groups have the RFTYPE_MON flag. When a new
>>> monitoring group is created the resctrl files with flags RFTYPE_BASE
>>> (files common to all resource groups) and RFTYPE_MON (files unique to
>>> monitoring groups) are created to support interacting with the new
>>> monitoring group.
>>>
>>> A resource group can support both monitoring and control, also termed
>>> a CTRL_MON resource group. CTRL_MON groups should get both monitoring
>>> and control resctrl files but that is not the case. Only the
>>> RFTYPE_BASE and RFTYPE_CTRL files are created for CTRL_MON groups.
>>> This is not a problem because there are no monitoring specific files
>>> with the RFTYPE_MON flag associated with resource groups.
>>>
>>> A later patch introduces the first monitoring specific (RFTYPE_MON)
>>> file for resource groups. Ensure that files with the RFTYPE_MON
>>> flag are created for CTRL_MON groups.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
>>> Tested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
>>> Tested-by: Tan Shaopeng <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Tan Shaopeng <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
>>
>> I believe this series is ready for inclusion. There is a conflict between
>> this series and Maciej's non-contiguous work [1] that is also ready for
>> inclusion. We could wait for outcome of next level review to determine
>> who will need to rebase. It may help to provide a snippet of the conflict
>> resolution in anticipation of Maciej's series being merged first (I will
>> propose the same to Maciej for the scenario of this work merged first).
> 
> I had a minor comment on Maciej's patch.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fd2309d5-ea56-abed-5c3e-a8a038b07d9e@amd.com/

ok, thank you for reviewing that work.

> I will respond to his patch 3 with the conflict resolution.
> 
Thank you. We'll wait for next level of review to learn how best
to approach this. We do not know which series will be considered/merged
first. 

Reinette