RE: [PATCH v2 11/33] x86/intel_rdt: Hot cpu support for Cache Allocation
From: Luck, Tony
Date: Tue Sep 13 2016 - 15:11:03 EST
> Just for my info, why do we need not update MSRs when a cpu goes offline?
The CBM (cache bitmask) MSRs are shared by all the cpus that use that same cache. So
they mustn't be updated when some of the CPUs go offline, because the remaining ones
are still using them. I suppose you could do something if the last CPU using a cache goes
offline ... but I don't see that it would achieve anything. Offline CPUs aren't executing any
instructions, so don't do any cache allocations.
-Tony