Re: [PATCH v7 16/24] x86/resctrl: Make resctrl_mounted checks explicit

[James Morse]

Hi Babu,

On 09/11/2023 20:47, Moger, Babu wrote:
> On 10/25/23 13:03, James Morse wrote:
>> The rdt_enable_key is switched when resctrl is mounted, and used to
>> prevent a second mount of the filesystem. It also enables the
>> architecture's context switch code.
>>
>> This requires another architecture to have the same set of static-keys,
>> as resctrl depends on them too. The existing users of these static-keys
>> are implicitly also checking if the filesystem is mounted.
>>
>> Make the resctrl_mounted checks explicit: resctrl can keep track of
>> whether it has been mounted once. This doesn't need to be combined with
>> whether the arch code is context switching the CLOSID.
>>
>> rdt_mon_enable_key is never used just to test that resctrl is mounted,
>> but does also have this implication. Add a resctrl_mounted to all uses
>> of rdt_mon_enable_key. This will allow rdt_mon_enable_key to be swapped
>> with a helper in a subsequent patch.
>>
>> This will allow the static-key changing to be moved behind resctrl_arch_
>> calls.

> Reviewed-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!


James