Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] selftests/resctrl: Split validate_resctrl_feature_request()

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:

> validate_resctrl_feature_request() is used to test both if a resource is
> present in the info directory, and if a passed monitoring feature is
> present in the mon_features file.
> 
> Refactor validate_resctrl_feature_request() into two smaller functions
> that each accomplish one check to give feature checking more
> granularity:
> - Resource directory presence in the /sys/fs/resctrl/info directory.
> - Feature name presence in the /sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3_MON/mon_features
>   file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com>
> ---
> Changelog v3:
> - Move new function to a separate patch. (Reinette)
> - Rewrite resctrl_mon_feature_exists() only for L3_MON.
> 
> Changelog v2:
> - Add this patch.
> 
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c  |  4 +--
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c  |  4 +--
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c  |  6 ++--
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h   |  3 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c | 33 +++++++++++++--------
>  5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> index dd5ca343c469..428de9df81c8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> @@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ static int cmt_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
>  
>  static bool cmt_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
>  {
> -	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
> -	       validate_resctrl_feature_request("L3_MON", "llc_occupancy");
> +	return resctrl_mon_feature_exists("llc_occupancy") &&
> +	       resctrl_resource_exists("L3");
>  }
>  
>  struct resctrl_test cmt_test = {
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
> index da256d2dbe5c..e22285b80e37 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
> @@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ static int mba_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
>  
>  static bool mba_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
>  {
> -	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
> -	       validate_resctrl_feature_request("L3_MON", "mbm_local_bytes");
> +	return resctrl_resource_exists(test->resource) &&

I don't understand what's the advantage of converting away from 
test_resource_feature_check() in CMT and MBA case?

> +	       resctrl_mon_feature_exists("mbm_local_bytes");
>  }

> @@ -756,7 +765,7 @@ bool validate_resctrl_feature_request(const char *resource, const char *feature)
>  
>  bool test_resource_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
>  {
> -	return validate_resctrl_feature_request(test->resource, NULL);
> +	return resctrl_resource_exists(test->resource);

...The replacement in MBA open coded test_resource_feature_check() 100% 
and CMT even replaces the test->resource with the string matching to 
what's in test->resource?


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 i.