Re: [PATCH] x86/intel_rdt: Implement "update" mode when writing schemata file

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017, Luck, Tony wrote:
> +Reading/writing the schemata file
> +---------------------------------
> +Reading the schemata file will show the state of all resources
> +on all domains. When writing you only need to specify those values
> +which you wish to change.  E.g.
> +
> +# cat schemata
> +L3DATA:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff
> +L3CODE:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff
> +# echo "L3DATA:2=3c0;" > schemata
> +# cat schemata
> +L3DATA:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=3c0;3=fffff
> +L3CODE:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff

It would be nice if the output would cover the mask width, i.e:

L3DATA:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=003c0;3=fffff
L3CODE:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff

because that makes it tabular and simpler to read.

Thanks,

	tglx