linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 18/49] x86/resctrl: Move the is_mbm_*

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Message-ID: <117d83ab-aa02-4372-b15a-a4516ad5f0fb@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 20:35:18 -0800
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 18/49] x86/resctrl: Move the is_mbm_*_enabled() helpers
 to asm/resctrl.h

Hi James,

On 2/28/25 11:58 AM, James Morse wrote:
> The architecture specific parts of resctrl provide helpers like
> is_mbm_total_enabled() and is_mbm_local_enabled() to hide accesses
> to the rdt_mon_features bitmap.
> 
> Exposing a group of helpers between the architecture and filesystem code
> is preferable to a single unsigned-long like rdt_mon_features. Helpers
> can be more readable and have a well defined behaviour, while allowing
> architectures to hide more complex behaviour.
> 
> Once the filesystem parts of resctrl are moved, these existing helpers can
> no longer live in internal.h. Move them to include/linux/resctrl.h
> Once these are exposed to the wider kernel, they should have a
> 'resctrl_arch_' prefix, to fit the rest of the arch<->fs interface.
> 
> Move and rename the helpers that touch rdt_mon_features directly.
> is_mbm_event() and is_mbm_enabled() are only called from rdtgroup.c,
> so can be moved into that file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Tested-by: Carl Worth <carl@...amperecomputing.com> # arm64
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette