linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 21/24] x86/resctrl: Allow overflow/limbo handlers to be scheduled on any-but cpu

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Message-ID: <1516e4ad-b0c6-4c03-922a-5b14522c8d0a@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:02:01 -0800
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, H Peter Anvin
	<hpa@...or.com>, Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@....com>,
	<shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>, D Scott Phillips OS
	<scott@...amperecomputing.com>, <carl@...amperecomputing.com>,
	<lcherian@...vell.com>, <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>,
	<tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>, <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>, Jamie Iles
	<quic_jiles@...cinc.com>, Xin Hao <xhao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	<peternewman@...gle.com>, <dfustini@...libre.com>, <amitsinght@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 21/24] x86/resctrl: Allow overflow/limbo handlers to be
 scheduled on any-but cpu

Hi James,

On 12/15/2023 9:43 AM, James Morse wrote:
> When a CPU is taken offline resctrl may need to move the overflow or
> limbo handlers to run on a different CPU.
> 
> Once the offline callbacks have been split, cqm_setup_limbo_handler()
> will be called while the CPU that is going offline is still present
> in the cpu_mask.
> 
> Pass the CPU to exclude to cqm_setup_limbo_handler() and
> mbm_setup_overflow_handler(). These functions can use a variant of
> cpumask_any_but() when selecting the CPU. -1 is used to indicate no CPUs
> need excluding.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>
> Tested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> ---

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

Reinette