linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 14/26] selftests/resctrl: Convert perf related globals to locals

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Message-ID: <012b2f99-40bc-4859-b419-72530b29b7a4@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:15:42 -0800
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "Shaopeng Tan" <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>,
        Maciej Wieczór-Retman 
        <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/26] selftests/resctrl: Convert perf related globals
 to locals

Hi Ilpo,

On 11/20/2023 3:13 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> Perf related variables pea_llc_miss, pe_read, and pe_fd are globals in
> cache.c.
> 
> Convert them to locals for better scoping and make pea_llc_miss simpler
> by renaming it to pea. Make close(pe_fd) handling easier to understand
> by doing it inside cat_val().
> 
> Make also sizeof()s use safer way to determine the right struct.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---

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

Reinette