Re: [PATCH v8 02/24] x86: refactor psr: remove L3 CAT/CDP codes.

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 04:49:17PM +0800, Yi Sun wrote:
> The current cache allocation codes in psr.c do not consider
> future features addition and are not friendly to extend.
> 
> To make psr.c be more flexible to add new features and fulfill
> the program principle, open for extension but closed for
> modification, we have to refactor the psr.c:
> 1. Analyze cache allocation features and abstract general data
>    structures.
> 2. Analyze the init and all other functions flow, abstract all
>    steps that different features may have different implementations.
>    Make these steps be callback functions and register feature
>    specific fuctions. Then, the main processes will not be changed
>    when introducing a new feature.
> 
> Because the quantity of refactor codes is big and the logics are
> changed a lot, it will cause reviewers confused if just change
> old codes. Reviewers have to understand both old codes and new
> implementations. After review iterations from V1 to V3, Jan has
> proposed to remove all old cache allocation codes firstly, then
> implement new codes step by step. This will help to make codes
> be more easily reviewable.
> 
> There is no construction without destruction. So, this patch
> removes all current L3 CAT/CDP codes in psr.c. The following
> patches will introduce the new mechanism.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@linux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>

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