linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 02/31] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to avoid reaching into the arch code resource list

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Message-ID: <1488fa2e-9552-4f52-bcf9-aeef68049ce0@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:09:20 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....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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 Rex Nie <rex.nie@...uarmicro.com>, Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 02/31] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to avoid reaching into
 the arch code resource list

On 21.03.24 17:50, James Morse wrote:
> Resctrl occasionally wants to know something about a specific resource,
> in these cases it reaches into the arch code's rdt_resources_all[]
> array.
> 
> Once the filesystem parts of resctrl are moved to /fs/, this means it
> will need visibility of the architecture specific struct
> resctrl_hw_resource definition, and the array of all resources.
> All architectures would also need a r_resctrl member in this struct.
> 
> Instead, abstract this via a helper to allow architectures to do
> different things here. Move the level enum to the resctrl header and
> add a helper to retrieve the struct rdt_resource by 'rid'.
> 
> resctrl_arch_get_resource() should not return NULL for any value in
> the enum, it may instead return a dummy resource that is
> !alloc_enabled && !mon_enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb