linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 4/8] x86/resctrl: Split the rdt_domain and rdt_hw

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Message-ID: <ea33eeed-e3a7-47bc-88f2-b7ab46be0aaf@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:19:17 -0800
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        "Peter Newman" <peternewman@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Shuah Khan" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     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 v11 4/8] x86/resctrl: Split the rdt_domain and
 rdt_hw_domain structures

Hi Tony,

On 11/9/2023 3:09 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> The same rdt_domain structure is used for both control and monitor
> functions. But this results in wasted memory as some of the fields are
> only used by control functions, while most are only used for monitor
> functions.
> 
> Split into separate rdt_ctrl_domain and rdt_mon_domain structures with
> just the fields required for control and monitoring respectively.
> 
> Similar split of the rdt_hw_domain structure into rdt_hw_ctrl_domain
> and rdt_hw_mon_domain.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette