Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/resctrl: Add io_alloc_min_cbm_all interface for CBM reset

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Tony,

On 11/10/25 11:56 AM, Luck, Tony wrote:
>>> # echo "L2:*=fff" > schemata
>>>
>>> would work,. But
>>>
>>> # echo "L2:*=ffff" > schemata
>>>
>>> would try to set unimplemented bits on some cores and would fail.
>>
>>
>> I would consider this a user error, as the user is expected to know the
>> supported value for the domain.
>> This situation can occur even now — we simply report the error and exit.
> 
> Babu
> 
> Maybe it was a poor explanation on my part.
> 
> On a hybrid P-core/E-core system with different L2 cache topology schemata
> may look like this (8 L2 domains of one type, 4 L2 domains of other type.
> 
> $ cat schemata
> L2:0=ffff;1=ffff;2=ffff;3=ffff;4=ffff;5=ffff;6=ffff;7=ffff;8=7f;9=7f;10=7f;11=7f
> 
> The proposed wildcard syntax is only useful to set all domains to a value
> that is legal for all domains. It cannot be used for the "reset back to defaults"
> case because different domains have different defaults.

Disabling and re-enabling of io_alloc may be substitute for "reset back to defaults".

The '*' syntax would be useful to initialize domains to minimal allocations ...
assuming all cache instances support the same minimum. 

Would it be an issue if user attempts to assign a value that is not supported to
all domains? resctrl could fail on first invalid bitmask and the last_cmd_status can
then be expected to indicate the details of error.

Reinette