Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/resctrl, Documentation: Keep mbm_assign_mode "default" on boot

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 04:53:26PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> One clarification here is that as I understand there has not yet been
> an actual user complaint. At least not that the pqos utility mentioned in
> this thread is aware of. Instead I struggle with the speculation about possible
> user complaints with different interpretations on how this change could be
> perceived by users. 

Sure, but don't you think that it is enough that we know about it?

I mean, the pqos tool shows 0.0 in the MBL/MBR columns now.

And is the 

  pqos -m all:[0-191]

invocation not something people would usually run?

> When considering a change like this, should it be a stable candidate to
> help reduce the number of kernels with different behaviors?

Yeah. It needs to be minimal too for easier backporting.

> The patch notes mention that this change is planned to be reverted at some
> point in the future and I have not heard of any changes to this plan.

Where does it say that? I don't see that aspect.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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