linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 09/31] fs/resctrl: Make event details accessible to functions when reading events

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Message-ID: <6ac08f9f-3f48-4178-9b59-b4c4f93966cf@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:27:12 -0700
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>, "Maciej
 Wieczor-Retman" <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>, Peter Newman
	<peternewman@...gle.com>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>, Babu Moger
	<babu.moger@....com>, Drew Fustini <dfustini@...libre.com>, Dave Martin
	<Dave.Martin@....com>, Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
CC: <x86@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<patches@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 09/31] fs/resctrl: Make event details accessible to
 functions when reading events

Hi Tony,

On 9/25/25 1:03 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> Reading monitoring data from MMIO requires more context to be able to

To tie this together with the "instead of just the event id" used later
I'd propose:

	Reading monitoring event data from MMIO requires more context
	than the event id to be able to ...

> read the correct memory location. struct mon_evt is the appropriate
> place for this event specific context.
> 
> Prepare for addition of extra fields to mon_evt by changing the calling

"mon_evt" -> "struct mon_evt"

> conventions to pass a pointer to the mon_evt structure instead of just
> the event id.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---

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

Reinette