linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 11/31] x86/resctrl: Move monitor exit work to a restrl exit call

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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 20:19:00 -0700
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
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	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Rex Nie <rex.nie@...uarmicro.com>, Dave
 Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/31] x86/resctrl: Move monitor exit work to a restrl
 exit call

Hi James,

On 3/21/2024 9:50 AM, James Morse wrote:
> rdt_put_mon_l3_config() is called via the architecture's
> resctrl_arch_exit() call, and appears to free the rmid_ptrs[]
> and closid_num_dirty_rmid[] arrays. In reality this code is marked
> __exit, and is removed by the linker as resctl can't be built

resctl -> resctrl

> as a module.
> 
> MPAM can make use of this code from its error interrupt handler,
> a later patch drops all the __init/__exit annotations.

Reminder:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/85f8756a-23a0-444e-b37d-a7817b600f46@intel.com/

Reinette