Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add and use get_cpu_cacheinfo_level()

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 09:55:24AM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Thank you to Andrew for picking up this series into the
> mm-nonmm-unstable branch. I am not familiar with how patches flow
> from this repo/branch but I expect that this inclusion will require some
> high level coordination between the big repos since resctrl changes
> usually flow upstream through x86/cache branch of tip and I
> anticipate some conflicts and also needing to figure out how to deal
> with this new dependency in planned resctrl changes.

Which is totally useless coordination if Andrew simply leaves x86
patches to go through the tip tree and there are no conflicts.

> Could you please provide your guidance on how to achieve a smooth
> upstream of this work?

I'd prefer if resctrl patches go only through tip so that there's no
unnecessary headaches with merging and coordination.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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