Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] x86,fs/resctrl,arm_mpam: Factor MBA parse-time conversion to be per-arch

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Ben,

On 5/15/26 7:06 AM, Ben Horgan wrote:
> This is a new version of Dave Martin's patch [1] to delegate rounding of
> bandwidth control user values to the arch code. As there is now more than one
> architecture using resctrl, I split the original patch into two, a core resctrl
> patch and an x86 patch, and added an MPAM patch. Please let me know if the patch
> break down and ordering is sensible and whether the pattern should be followed
> for any future similar changes.

This ordering is sensible to me. I find the patch breakdown a bit fragmented since
the logical resctrl fs change is split yet I also find that you did what was best
to ensure bisectability. I find small changes that are local to subsystems easier to
consider and believe it would be ideal to only have patches touching multiple
subsystems when it cannot be avoided, for example when doing otherwise would break
bisect. Even so, we may learn of better ways to do this when this series is considered
for x86 inclusion.

Reinette