linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 08/31] x86/resctrl: Move resctrl types to a separate header

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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:17:04 +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>,
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	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 08/31] x86/resctrl: Move resctrl types to a separate
 header

On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 08:18:00PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> On 3/21/2024 9:50 AM, James Morse wrote:
> > To avoid sticky problems in the mpam glue code, move the resctrl
> > enums into a separate header.
> 
> Could you please elaborate so that "sticky problems in the mpam glue code" is
> specific about what problems are avoided?

Maybe just delete the the sticky clause, and leave:

	Move the resctrl enums into a separate header.

..since the next paragraph explains the rationale?

> > 
> > This lets the arch code declare prototypes that use these enums without
> > creating a loop via asm<->linux resctrl.h The same logic applies to the
> > monitor-configuration defines, move these too.
> > 
> > The maintainers entry for these headers was missed when resctrl.h
> > was created. Add a wildcard entry to match both resctrl.h and
> > resctrl_types.h.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> 
> ..
> 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl_types.h b/include/linux/resctrl_types.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..4788bd95dac6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/linux/resctrl_types.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2024 Arm Ltd.
> > + * Based on arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> > + */
> 
> Could this header please explain how this file is intended to be used?
> What is it intended to contain?
> 
> Reinette

Maybe something like the following?

 * Resctrl types and constants needed for inline function definitions in
 * the arch-specific <asm/resctrl.h> headers.

(James might have had other things in mind, but this is what it looks
like to me...)

Cheers
---Dave