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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/4] sysctl: Make XEN_SYSCTL_topologyinfo sysctl a little more efficient



On 01/07/2015 04:12 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 06.01.15 at 14:41, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 06/01/15 02:18, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
Instead of copying data for each field in xen_sysctl_topologyinfo separately
put cpu/socket/node into a single structure and do a single copy for each
processor.

There is also no need to copy whole op to user at the end, max_cpu_index is
sufficient

Rename xen_sysctl_topologyinfo and XEN_SYSCTL_topologyinfo to reflect the fact
that these are used for CPU topology. Subsequent patch will add support for
PCI topology sysctl.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
If we are going to change the hypercall, then can we see about making it
a stable interface (i.e. not a sysctl/domctl)?  There are non-toolstack
components which might want/need access to this information.  (i.e. I am
still looking for a reasonable way to get this information from Xen in
hwloc)
In which case leaving the sysctl alone and just adding a new non-sysctl
interface should be considered.

I'd expect IO NUMA information to be used together with CPU topology information so I am not sure how useful this would be. Unless we create a similar interface for that (CPU/memory) as well.

-boris

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