[tip:x86/cache] x86/intel_rdt: Update documentation
From: tip-bot for Fenghua Yu
Date: Thu Jan 18 2018 - 03:38:21 EST
Commit-ID: 0ff8e080b18d1d2dbe5c866d5f31c27ab806a785
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/0ff8e080b18d1d2dbe5c866d5f31c27ab806a785
Author: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:57:19 -0800
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:33:30 +0100
x86/intel_rdt: Update documentation
With more flag bits in /proc/cpuinfo for RDT, it's better to classify the
bits for readability.
Some previously missing bits are added as well.
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Ravi V Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Tony Luck" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vikas" <vikas.shivappa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Reinette" <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1513810644-78015-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx
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Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
index 6851854..1ad77b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@xxxxxxxxx>
This feature is enabled by the CONFIG_INTEL_RDT Kconfig and the
-X86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits "rdt", "cqm", "cat_l3" and "cdp_l3".
+X86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits:
+RDT (Resource Director Technology) Allocation - "rdt_a"
+CAT (Cache Allocation Technology) - "cat_l3", "cat_l2"
+CDP (Code and Data Prioritization ) - "cdp_l3"
+CQM (Cache QoS Monitoring) - "cqm_llc", "cqm_occup_llc"
+MBM (Memory Bandwidth Monitoring) - "cqm_mbm_total", "cqm_mbm_local"
+MBA (Memory Bandwidth Allocation) - "mba"
To use the feature mount the file system: