Re: [PATCH v1 02/31] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to avoid reaching into the arch code resource list

From: Dave Martin
Date: Thu Apr 11 2024 - 10:14:22 EST


On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 10:09:20AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 21.03.24 17:50, 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
> > resctrl_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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb

Thanks; noted for James' attention.

Cheers
---Dave
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