Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/intel_rdt: Fix issue when mkdir uses a freed CLOSid

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, Luck, Tony wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 05:20:24PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > That's just wrong.
> > 
> > The proper behaviour for a new control group is, that at the time when it
> > is created it copies the CBM values of the default group and not claiming
> > access to ALL of the cache by default.
> 
> I don't see that as any more helpful. When you make a new
> control group it is because none of the existing groups
> provides the QoS that you want.  So the first thing the
> user will do is write the schemata file with the values
> they do want.
> 
> So "all access", or "same as default group" are both the
> same to the user ... not what they want.
> 
> We do need to make sure that the schemata matches what is
> in the registers. We need to make sure that changes to the
> schemata file result in the MSRs being written where needed.

That's true today. The MSRs and the schemata file of a newly created group
always match. So there's nothing to fix, right?

Thanks,

	tglx