[tip: x86/cache] x86/resctrl: Update documented unit for the "activity" event

From: tip-bot2 for Tony Luck

Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 21:43:30 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/cache branch of tip:

Commit-ID: a17d099481bd11f0911993a8e69992269f92ad12
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/a17d099481bd11f0911993a8e69992269f92ad12
Author: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:04:31 -07:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:35:50 -07:00

x86/resctrl: Update documented unit for the "activity" event

The unit for the AET (Application Energy Telemetry) activity event[1] is nF, not F, see
https://github.com/intel/Intel-PMT/blob/main/xml/CWF/OOBMSM/RMID-ENERGY/cwf_common.xml#L9

Fixes: a8848c4b43ad ("x86,fs/resctrl: Update documentation for telemetry events")
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260915190431.18189-1-tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx
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Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
index dd4f80d..b52795e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
during execution of instructions summed across all logical CPUs on a
package for the current monitoring group.

- "activity" also reports a floating point value (in Farads). This provides
+ "activity" also reports a floating point value (in nanofarads). This provides
an estimate of work done independent of the frequency that the CPUs used
for execution.