From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] x86/resctrl: Remove few unnecessary rftype flags
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:17:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b2587ef0-38da-6714-f26c-5b8a16fba340@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c07dfb04-4502-47d8-ad89-9f9c7898f246@amd.com>
Hi Babu,
On 3/16/2023 2:11 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
> Hi Reinette,
>
> On 3/16/23 15:41, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> Hi Babu,
>>
>> On 3/16/2023 1:31 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
>>> On 3/15/23 13:33, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>>>> On 3/2/2023 12:24 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>>>>> index 15ea5b550fe9..3c86506e54c1 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>>>>> @@ -3163,7 +3163,7 @@ static int mkdir_rdt_prepare(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
>>>>> {
>>>>> struct rdtgroup *prdtgrp, *rdtgrp;
>>>>> struct kernfs_node *kn;
>>>>> - uint files = 0;
>>>>> + uint fflags = 0;
>>>>
>>>> Hoe does changing the variable name from "files" to "fflags" simplify
>>>> the code?
>>>
>>> I should have said readability of the code. Its actually fflags we are
>>> passing to rdtgroup_add_files. While changing flags below, I changed the
>>> variable name to fflags.
>>
>> You are correct in that it is the actual fflags parameter but what it
>> reflects is which files will be created. I do not find that using "files"
>> makes the code unreadable.
>
> Everything helps. I changed it because I was already changing few things
> in this function. That is not the only change in this function. Here is
> the main change in this function.
I did read the patch Babu. I trimmed my response to focus on what
I was responding to. Our opinions differ on readability of the current
variable name. This patch can focus on just removing the unnecessary rftype
flags.
Reinette
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-16 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-02 20:24 [PATCH v3 0/7] x86/resctrl: Miscellaneous resctrl features Babu Moger
2023-03-02 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] x86/resctrl: Add multiple tasks to the resctrl group at once Babu Moger
2023-03-15 18:32 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-16 16:27 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-16 17:12 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-16 19:51 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-16 20:33 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-20 15:07 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-20 15:15 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-20 16:52 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-20 18:29 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-02 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] x86/resctrl: Remove few unnecessary rftype flags Babu Moger
2023-03-15 18:33 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-16 20:31 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-16 20:41 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-16 21:11 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-16 21:17 ` Reinette Chatre [this message]
2023-03-20 13:35 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-02 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] x86/resctrl: Rename rftype flags for consistency Babu Moger
2023-03-02 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/resctrl: Re-arrange RFTYPE flags based on hierarchy Babu Moger
2023-03-15 18:37 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-21 15:54 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-22 18:46 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-02 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] x86/resctrl: Display the RMID and COSID for resctrl groups Babu Moger
2023-03-15 18:42 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-20 16:52 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-20 17:00 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-20 17:10 ` James Morse
2023-03-20 19:53 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-20 20:59 ` Stephane Eranian
2023-03-22 13:49 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-02 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] x86/resctrl: Introduce -o debug mount option Babu Moger
2023-03-15 18:43 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-22 14:01 ` Moger, Babu
2023-03-02 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] x86/resctrl: Add debug files when mounted with debug option Babu Moger
2023-03-15 18:45 ` Reinette Chatre
2023-03-22 15:09 ` Moger, Babu
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