linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 23/30] x86/resctrl: Always initialise rid field in rdt_resources

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Message-ID: <cf855b76-af04-49ca-bee5-91b9a96c1843@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 18:18:27 -0700
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>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 23/30] x86/resctrl: Always initialise rid field in
 rdt_resources_all[]


On 5/13/25 10:15, James Morse wrote:
> x86 has an array, rdt_resources_all[], of all possible resources.
> The for-each-resource walkers depend on the rid field of all
> resources being initialised.
>
> If the array ever grows due to another architecture adding a resource
> type that is not defined on x86, the for-each-resources walkers will
> loop forever.
>
> Initialise all the rid values in resctrl_arch_late_init() before
> any for-each-resource walker can be called.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

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

Thanks.

-Fenghua