Re: [RESEND PATCH v4 02/15] x86/resctrl: Add PLZA support to command-line options

From: Babu Moger

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 16:04:58 EST


Hi Reinette,

On 8/10/26 21:53, Reinette Chatre wrote:
Hi Babu,

On 7/7/26 2:50 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
Add a kernel command-line parameter to enable or disable the exposure of
the PLZA (Privilege Level Zero Association) feature to resctrl.

This allows administrators to control PLZA visibility at boot time via the
rdt= option (e.g. rdt=plza or rdt=!plza).

nit: Since this provides examples of the only two supported usages it may be helpful
to make clear when these options are required since users should not need to always
boot with rdt=plza to use this feature.

Will add text:

On systems that support PLZA, resctrl exposes kernel-mode PLZA control
by default without requiring any explicit rdt= option. The rdt=!plza
parameter can be used to disable PLZA exposure to resctrl, while
rdt=plza explicitly enables it.

Thanks
Babu