linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 22/26] selftests/resctrl: Pass write

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:19:40 -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 22/26] selftests/resctrl: Pass write_schemata()
 resource instead of test name

Hi Ilpo,

On 11/20/2023 3:13 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> write_schemata() takes the test name as an argument and determines the
> relevant resource based on the test name. Such mapping from name to
> resource does not really belong to resctrlfs.c that should provide
> only generic, test-independent functions.
> 
> Pass the resource stored in the test information structure to
> write_schemata() instead of the test name. The new API is also more
> flexible as it enables to use write_schemata() for more than one
> resource within a test.
> 
> While touching the sprintf(), move the unnecessary %c that is always
> '=' directly into the format string.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---

...

>  			break;
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
> index b711326b2141..fda5ad812faa 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
> @@ -502,23 +502,17 @@ int write_bm_pid_to_resctrl(pid_t bm_pid, char *ctrlgrp, char *mongrp,
>   * @ctrlgrp:		Name of the con_mon grp
>   * @schemata:		Schemata that should be updated to
>   * @cpu_no:		CPU number that the benchmark PID is binded to
> - * @resctrl_val:	Resctrl feature (Eg: mbm, mba.. etc)
> + * @resource:		Resctrl resource (Eg: MB, L3, L2, etc.)
>   *
>   * Update schemata of a con_mon grp *only* if requested resctrl feature is
>   * allocation type
>   *

Note above there remains a usage of "feature" that has just been changed to "resource".

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

Reinette