linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 02/49] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to avoid reaching into the arch code resource list

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Message-ID: <ce11e79c-76cb-4aa9-8f75-a76b91edc56e@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 12:58:10 -0800
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 02/49] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to avoid reaching into
 the arch code resource list


On 2/28/25 11:58, 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
> rdt_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.
>
> Co-developed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Tested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Carl Worth <carl@...amperecomputing.com> # arm64
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>


Thanks.


-Fenghua