On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 16:13:20 +0200 Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +/** > + * hwlat_mode_write - Write function for "mode" entry > + * @filp: The active open file structure > + * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write > + * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file" > + * @ppos: The current position in @file > + * > + * This function provides a write implementation for the "mode" interface > + * to the hardware latency detector. hwlatd has different operation modes. > + * The "none" sets the allowed cpumask for a single hwlatd thread at the > + * startup and lets the scheduler handle the migration. The default mode is > + * the "round-robin" one, in which a single hwlatd thread runs, migrating > + * among the allowed CPUs in a round-robin fashion. > + */ > +static ssize_t hwlat_mode_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, > + size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) > +{ > + const char *mode; > + char buf[64]; > + int ret; > + int i; > + > + if (hwlat_busy) > + return -EBUSY; So we can't switch modes while running? Also, with this implemented, you can remove the disable_migrate variable, and just switch the mode to NONE when it's detected that the affinity mask of the thread has been changed. -- Steve > + > + if (cnt >= sizeof(buf)) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt)) > + return -EFAULT; > + > + buf[cnt] = 0; > + > + mode = strstrip(buf); > + > + ret = -EINVAL; > + > + for (i = 0; i < MODE_MAX; i++) { > + if (strcmp(mode, thread_mode_str[i]) == 0) { > + hwlat_data.thread_mode = i; > + ret = cnt; > + } > + } > + > + *ppos += cnt; > + > + return cnt; > +} > + > +