Hi Ilpo,
On 10/24/2023 2:26 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> CAT and CMT tests calculate the span size from the n-bits cache
> allocation on their own.
>
> Add cache_size() helper which calculates size of the cache portion for
> the given number of bits and use it to replace the existing span
> calculations. This also prepares for the new CAT test that will need to
> determine the size of the cache portion also during results processing.
>
> cache_size local variables were renamed out of the way to
> cache_total_size.
Please do stick to imperative mood ... "Rename cache_size local
variables ..."
...
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> index 2f3f0ee439d8..da06b2d492f9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> @@ -117,4 +117,18 @@ int show_cache_info(unsigned long sum_llc_val, int no_of_bits,
> unsigned long max_diff_percent, unsigned long num_of_runs,
> bool platform, bool cmt);
>
> +/*
> + * cache_size - Calculate the size of a cache portion
> + * @cache_size: Cache size in bytes
> + * @mask: Cache portion mask
> + * @cache_mask: Full bitmask for the cache
> + *
> + * Return: The size of the cache portion in bytes.
> + */
> +static inline int cache_size(unsigned long cache_size, unsigned long mask,
> + unsigned long cache_mask)
> +{
> + return cache_size * count_bits(mask) / count_bits(cache_mask);
> +}
> +
> #endif /* RESCTRL_H */
The get_cache_size() and cache_size() naming appears similar enough to me
to cause confusion. Considering the "portion" term above, what do you think
of "cache_portion_size()" or even "cache_portion_bytes()"?
Reinette
