linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v16 3/9] x86/resctrl: Prepare for different scope for control/monitor operations

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Message-ID: <a9462db4-bd41-4254-b11d-239ba6aaeff0@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:50:10 -0700
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>, Drew Fustini
	<dfustini@...libre.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <patches@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 3/9] x86/resctrl: Prepare for different scope for
 control/monitor operations

Hi Tony,

On 3/12/2024 2:42 PM, Tony Luck wrote:

..

> @@ -169,10 +176,12 @@ enum resctrl_scope {
>   * @alloc_capable:	Is allocation available on this machine
>   * @mon_capable:	Is monitor feature available on this machine
>   * @num_rmid:		Number of RMIDs available
> - * @scope:		Scope of this resource
> + * @ctrl_scope:		Scope of this resource for control functions
> + * @mon_scope:		Scope of this resource for monitor functions
>   * @cache:		Cache allocation related data
>   * @membw:		If the component has bandwidth controls, their properties.
> - * @domains:		RCU list of all domains for this resource
> + * @ctrl_domains:	Control domains for this resource
> + * @mon_domains:	Monitor domains for this resource

nit: could you please keep the comment related to these being RCU lists now?

Reinette