linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 09/24] x86/resctrl: Use __set_bit()/__clear

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Message-ID: <e0e2ad99-e7bc-5670-c2a0-b6bdf4c67eba@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:05:16 +0000
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     babu.moger@....com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 09/24] x86/resctrl: Use __set_bit()/__clear_bit()
 instead of open coding

Hi Babu,

On 09/11/2023 20:38, Moger, Babu wrote:
> On 10/25/23 13:03, James Morse wrote:
>> The resctrl CLOSID allocator uses a single 32bit word to track which
>> CLOSID are free. The setting and clearing of bits is open coded.
>>
>> A subsequent patch adds closid_allocated(), which adds more open
>> coded bitmaps operations. These will eventually need changing to use
>> the bitops helpers so that a CLOSID bitmap of the correct size can be
>> allocated dynamically.
>>
>> Convert the existing open coded bit manipulations of closid_free_map
>> to use __set_bit() and friends. These don't need to be atomic as this
>> list is protected by the mutex.

> Reviewed-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>


Thanks!

James