Re: [PATCH v4] fs/resctrl: Add CONFIG_RESCTRL_ASSIGN_FIXED Kconfig entry

From: Reinette Chatre

Date: Thu Feb 05 2026 - 11:11:37 EST


+ x86 Maintainers

Hi Ben,

On 2/4/26 8:19 AM, Ben Horgan wrote:
> Commit
>
> 3b497c3f4f04 ("fs/resctrl: Introduce the interface to display monitoring modes")
>
> introduced CONFIG_RESCTRL_ASSIGN_FIXED but left adding the Kconfig entry
> until it was necessary.
>
> Add CONFIG_RESCTRL_ASSIGN_FIXED in order to support MPAM where the counter
> assignment mode is indeed fixed.
>
> CONFIG_RESCTRL_ASSIGN_FIXED is a resctrl fs Kconfig option so handle
> attempts to modify counter assignment mode when it is enabled in resctrl fs
> rather than delegating to arch specific code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@xxxxxxx>
> ---

Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>

Reinette