linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 03/17] x86/resctrl: Detect Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring feature details

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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 17:34:02 -0500
From: "Moger, Babu" <babu.moger@....com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, corbet@....net,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 03/17] x86/resctrl: Detect Assignable Bandwidth
 Monitoring feature details

Hi Reinette,

On 5/7/24 15:27, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Babu,
> 
> On 5/6/2024 12:09 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
>> On 5/3/24 18:26, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>>> On 3/28/2024 6:06 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>> + * @mbm_assign_cntrs:	Maximum number of assignable counters
>>>>   */
>>>>  struct rdt_resource {
>>>>  	int			rid;
>>>> @@ -188,6 +198,8 @@ struct rdt_resource {
>>>>  	struct list_head	evt_list;
>>>>  	unsigned long		fflags;
>>>>  	bool			cdp_capable;
>>>> +	bool			mbm_assign_capable;
>>>> +	u32                     mbm_assign_cntrs;
>>>>  };
>>>
>>> Please check tabs vs spaces (in this whole series please).
>>
>> Sure. Will do.
>>
>>>
>>> I'm thinking that a new "MBM specific" struct within
>>> struct rdt_resource will be helpful to clearly separate the MBM related
>>> data. This will be similar to struct resctrl_cache for 
>>> cache allocation and struct resctrl_membw for memory bandwidth
>>> allocation.
>>
>> Did you mean to move all the fields for monitoring to move to new struct?
>>
>> Struct resctrl_mbm {
>>           int                     num_rmid;
>>           bool                    mbm_assign_capable;
>>           u32                     mbm_assign_cntrs;
>> }:
>>
> 
> Indeed, so not actually MBM specific but monitoring specific as you state (with
> appropriate naming?). This is purely to help organize data within struct rdt_resource
> and (similar to struct resctrl_cache and struct resctrl_membw) not a new
> structure expected to be passed around. I think evt_list can also be a member.

How about this?

Lets keep assign_capable in main structure(like we have mon_capable) and
move rest of them into new structure.

Struct resctrl_mon {
           int                     num_rmid;
	   struct list_head        evt_list;
           u32                     num_assign_cntrs;
}:
-- 
Thanks
Babu Moger