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From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 20/38] posix-cpu-timers: Provide array based access to expiry cache
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:33:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190823173338.GA18880@lenoir> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190821192921.105793824@linutronix.de>

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 09:09:07PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Using struct task_cputime for the expiry cache is a pretty odd choice and
> comes with magic defines to rename the fields for usage in the expiry
> cache.
> 
> struct task_cputime is basically a u64 array with 3 members, but it has
> distinct members.
> 
> The expiry cache content is different than the content of task_cputime
> because
> 
>   expiry[PROF]  = task_cputime.stime + task_cputime.utime
>   expiry[VIRT]  = task_cputime.utime
>   expiry[SCHED] = task_cputime.sum_exec_runtime
> 
> So there is no direct mapping between task_cputime and the expiry cache and
> the #define based remapping is just a horrible hack.
> 
> Having the expiry cache array based allows further simplification of the
> expiry code.
> 
> To avoid an all in one cleanup which is hard to review add a temporary
> anonymous union into struct task_cputime which allows array based access to
> it. That requires to reorder the members. Add a build time sanity check to
> validate that the members are at the same place.
> 
> The union and the build time checks will be removed after conversion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-23 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 137+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-21 19:08 [patch V2 00/38] posix-cpu-timers: Cleanup and consolidation Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 01/38] posix-cpu-timers: Provide task validation functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 22:33   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-21 23:03     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 15:33       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 02/38] posix-cpu-timers: Use common permission check in posix_cpu_clock_get() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 23:40   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-29 11:00     ` kbuild test robot
2019-08-29 11:21       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-30  1:08         ` [kbuild-all] " Philip Li
2019-08-29 11:23     ` kbuild test robot
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 03/38] posix-cpu-timers: Use common permission check in posix_cpu_timer_create() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 23:49   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 04/38] posix-cpu-timers: Provide quick sample function for itimer Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 12:13   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 05/38] itimers: Use quick sample function Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 12:15   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-29 23:47     ` kbuild test robot
2019-08-30  6:01       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 06/38] posix-cpu-timers: Sample directly in timer check Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 12:30   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 07/38] posix-cpu-timers: Rename thread_group_cputimer() and make it static Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 12:41   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 08/38] posix-cpu-timers: Consolidate thread group sample code Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 13:49   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 09/38] posix-cpu-timers: Use clock ID in posix_cpu_timer_set() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 13:58   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 10/38] posix-cpu-timers: Use clock ID in posix_cpu_timer_get() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 14:07   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 11/38] posix-cpu-timers: Use clock ID in posix_cpu_timer_rearm() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 14:12   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:08 ` [patch V2 12/38] posix-cpu-timers: Remove pointless return value check Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 14:15   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 13/38] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify sample functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 14:20   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 14/38] posix-cpu-timers: Get rid of pointer indirection Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 14:41   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 15/38] posix-cpu-timers: Sample task times once in expiry check Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 15:00   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 16/38] posix-cpu-timers: Move prof/virt_ticks into caller Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 15:05   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 17/38] posix-cpu-timers: Create a container struct Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 15:32   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 15:34     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 19/38] posix-cpu-timers: Move expiry cache into struct posix_cputimers Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22 16:29   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 20/38] posix-cpu-timers: Provide array based access to expiry cache Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 17:33   ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 21/38] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify timer queueing Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 17:51   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 22/38] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify set_process_cpu_timer() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 18:00   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 23/38] posix-cpu-timers: Switch check_*_timers() to array cache Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 18:13   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 24/38] posix-cpu-timers: Remove the odd field rename defines Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 18:36   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 25/38] posix-cpu-timers: Provide array based sample functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 22:08   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 26/38] posix-cpu-timers: Make expiry checks array based Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 22:44   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 27/38] posix-cpu-timers: Remove cputime_expires Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-23 22:50   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 28/38] posix-cpu-timers: Restructure expiry array Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 16:32   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-26 18:16     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 18:22       ` [patch V3 " Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 19:45         ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16         ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 21:06   ` [patch V2 28/38] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-26 21:46     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 29/38] posix-cpu-timers: Switch thread group sampling to array Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 21:12   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 30/38] posix-cpu-timers: Respect INFINITY for hard RTTIME limit Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 21:19   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 31/38] rlimit: Rewrite non-sensical RLIMIT_CPU comment Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 21:41   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 32/38] posix-cpu-timers: Get rid of zero checks Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 21:57   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 33/38] posix-cpu-timers: Consolidate timer expiry further Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 22:29   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 34/38] posix-cpu-timers: Get rid of 64bit divisions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 22:51   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 35/38] posix-cpu-timers: Remove pointless comparisons Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 22:59   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 36/38] posix-cpu-timers: Deduplicate rlimit handling Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 23:13   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 37/38] posix-cpu-timers: Move state tracking to struct posix_cputimers Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-26 23:28   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-26 23:33     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 19:09 ` [patch V2 38/38] posix-cpu-timers: Utilize timerqueue for storage Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-27  0:48   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-27  6:08     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-27 13:17       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-27 13:46         ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-27 19:31           ` [patch V3 " Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-27 22:23             ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16             ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-22  0:54 ` [patch V2 00/38] posix-cpu-timers: Cleanup and consolidation Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-22  1:02   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-22  1:02     ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found] ` <20190821192920.909530418@linutronix.de>
2019-08-22 16:06   ` [patch V2 18/38] sched: Move struct task_cputime to types.h Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-28 10:16   ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner

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