Re: [PATCH v7 02/24] x86/resctrl: Add ABMC feature in the command line options

From: Moger, Babu
Date: Mon Sep 23 2024 - 10:23:30 EST


Hi Reinette,

On 9/19/24 11:00, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Babu,
>
> On 9/4/24 3:21 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
>> Add the command line option to enable or disable the new resctrl feature
>> ABMC (Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring Counters).
>
> This does not reflect the fs and arch separation that this version highlights
> since ABMC is not a resctrl feature.
>
> This can get confusing and I think this interface is indeed for the
> architecture where hardware features are enabled/disabled (highlighted
> by how the parameter is connected to the X86_FEATURE_ flag) ... so
> perhaps something like:
>
> Add the command line option to enable or disable exposing
> the ABMC (Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring Counters) hardware
> feature to resctrl.

Sure.

>
> Patch looks good to me.

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Thanks
Babu Moger