Re: [RFD] CAT user space interface revisited

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Jan 08 2016 - 15:22:40 EST


On Wed, 6 Jan 2016, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
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> This is general information:
>
> xxxxxxx/cat/max_cosids
> xxxxxxx/cat/max_maskbits
> xxxxxxx/cat/cdp_enable
>
> This is per socket information and per socket cos-id management

Just had a discussion with HPA about this and he pointed out that socket might
not be the proper solution. The correct partitioning unit is cache domains. So
we should change socket-X to L3-domain-X. That'll allow us to integrate future
things like CAT on L2.

Thanks,

tglx