Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] x86/resctrl: Non-contiguous bitmasks in Intel CAT

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Boris,

On 10/9/2023 5:40 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 10:53:52AM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> This work conflicts with Babu's series [1] that is also ready for inclusion.
>> We could wait for outcome of next level review to determine who will need
> 
> Who is "next level review"?

This is just a term I made up for when a series is deemed ready to be 
considered for inclusion by x86 maintainer team.

>> to rebase. It may help to provide a snippet of the conflict resolution
>> in anticipation of Babu's series being merged first (I will propose exactly
>> the same to Babu for the scenario of this work merged first).
> 
> Just lemme know which ones I should merge first and the others can be
> rebased on top.

I believe that Babu's series is ready for inclusion and can be merged first.
It is at:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231003235430.1231238-1-babu.moger@xxxxxxx/

Maciej is already planning to send a new version of this series and can
rebase on top of Babu's work at that time.

Thank you very much.

Reinette