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

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 12:02:35AM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> If AET has less, then resctrl drags the limit down to make sure everything
> that the user sees in the resctrl file system will work.

So this "dragging down" would prevent counter exhaustion. That could be one
way to do it, hohumm.

> You are all the way there :-)

Thanks! :-)

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    Boris.

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