Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] x86/resctrl: Add arch_needs_linear to explain AMD/Intel MBA difference

From: Reinette Chatre
Date: Tue May 19 2020 - 14:03:22 EST


Hi James,

On 5/18/2020 6:19 AM, James Morse wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> index dd51e23e346b..0b288b6fefd9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct rdt_cache {
> * struct rdt_membw - Memory bandwidth allocation related data
> * @min_bw: Minimum memory bandwidth percentage user can request
> * @bw_gran: Granularity at which the memory bandwidth is allocated
> + * @arch_needs_linear: True if we can't configure non-linear resources
> * @delay_linear: True if memory B/W delay is in linear scale
> * @mba_sc: True if MBA software controller(mba_sc) is enabled
> * @mb_map: Mapping of memory B/W percentage to memory B/W delay
> @@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ struct rdt_membw {
> u32 min_bw;
> u32 bw_gran;
> u32 delay_linear;
> + bool arch_needs_linear;
> bool mba_sc;
> u32 *mb_map;
> };
>

Sorry, I just noticed this while rebasing our respective changes to this
area ... could the comments be in the same order as the fields in the
struct?

Reinette