Re: [RFC PATCH v3 07/17] x86/resctrl: Add support to enable/disable ABMC feature

From: Peter Newman
Date: Thu Apr 04 2024 - 13:36:48 EST


Hi Babu,

On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 8:16 AM Moger, Babu <babu.moger@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4/3/24 19:30, Peter Newman wrote:
> > This looks like it would move to fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c where it's not
> > possible to dereference an rdt_hw_resource struct.
> >
> > It might be helpful to try building your changes on top of James's
> > change[1] to get an idea of how this would fit in post-refactoring.
> > I'll stop pointing out inconsistencies with his portability scheme
> > now.
>
> Considering the complexity of James changes, I was hoping my series will
> go first. It would be difficult for me to make changes based on transient
> patch series. I would think it would be best to base the patches based on
> tip/master.

I don't need you to push the patches to the mailing list based on
James's series. I was just asking you to try building locally on top
of the refactoring changes. You are putting in the effort trying to
make this code portable (i.e., inventing new
resctrl_arch_-interfaces), so it would be sensible to check your work
locally.

However, I am the main stakeholder who cares about MPAM and ABMC
working in the same kernel, so I can continue to give feedback on
portability as I compose the series' together.

-Peter