Re: [PATCH 5/8] x86/intel_rdt: info file support for MBA prepare

[Shivappa Vikas <vikas.shivappa@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Feb 2017, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
>
>> As a preparatory patch to MBA info file setup, generalize the info file
>> setup to have the option to choose between different set of files.
>> Although multiple cache resources have same info files, Memory resources
>> have different set of info files. That way we have the option to choose
>> between memory resource and cache resource info files.
>
> Sigh.
>
>> @@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ struct rftype {
>>   * @default_ctrl:		Specifies default cache cbm or mem b/w percent.
>>   * @min_cbm_bits:		Minimum number of consecutive bits to be set
>>   *				in a cache bit mask
>> + * @info_files:		resctrl info files for the resource
>> + * @infofiles_len:		Number of info files
>
> len == length, nr == number. No? Too intuitive, right?

Took it as len as the rdtgroup_add_files calls its parameter as len.. Will fix 
to nr_infofiles as that seems better.

>
> And no, not infofiles_nr. It wants to be nr_infofiles. And while at it
> please either use infofiles or info_files, but not a mixture of
> both. Random underscores are not enhancing readability at all.
>
>> +void rdt_get_cache_infofile(struct rdt_resource *r)
>> +{
>> +	r->info_files = &res_cache_info_files[0];
>
> What's wrong with
>
>        r->info_files = res_cache_info_files;
>
> Nothing, but it would be too easy to read. This is not the obfuscated
> c-code contest.

Will fix..

Thanks,
Vikas

>
>> +	r->infofiles_len = ARRAY_SIZE(res_cache_info_files);
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx
>