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

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Message-ID: <Zhfwe6Xhyec20LzC@e133380.arm.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:15:23 +0100
From: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 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>,
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	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,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	Rex Nie <rex.nie@...uarmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/31] x86/resctrl: Move monitor exit work to a restrl
 exit call

On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 08:19:00PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> 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

Noted, thanks (also, there is "restrl" in the subject line.)

> 
> > 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/

The "Drop __init/__exit on assorted symbols" patch speaks for itself,
I guess. I think it's probably sufficient for now to comfirm that this
patch is deliberately not changing the annotations for now.

Does the following work?

--8<--

Since there is no immediate need to change them, leave the __exit
annotations as-is.  This will need to be revisited as and when there is
a need to call these functions other than at __exit time.

-->8--

Cheers
---Dave