Re: [PATCH v5] selftests/resctrl: Skip L3_CAT when no exclusive cache portion exists

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Richard,

On 8/20/26 5:39 PM, Richard Cheng wrote:
> L3_CAT requires an exclusive cache portion to test cache allocation.
> This means that the cache portion used by the test can't overlap with
> cache portions into which other agents may allocate.
> 
> Some platforms legitimately report every cache portion as shareable,
> leaving no exclusive cache portion for the test and causing L3_CAT to
> fail.
> 
> Skip the L3_CAT when the platform has no exclusive cache portion that
> the test can use.
> 
> Tested-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thank you very much.

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

Reinette