Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] x86,fs/resctrl: Keep mbm_assign_mode in default mode at boot

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Boris,

On 10/30/26 6:07 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 03:08:09PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> To help future readers understand how we landed on this I think it may be useful
>> to add a link to the decision that resulted in this fix. For example: 
>>
>> 	...
>> 	Leave mbm_assign_mode in default mode during initialization as decided in [2].
>> 	...
>> 	Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260804191608.GDanI6eK2Q07w6pNcb@fat_crate.local # [2]
> 
> I can fix that up when applying, yes.

Thank you very much.

> 
> Any other Links I should add? I don't have a problem with leaving enough
> breadcrumbs for the future...
I find [2] to be the most succinct. It also points to the thread with significant 
discussion if anybody would like more detail about how we landed here. Even so, 
I do find this final changelog accurately summarizes the trade-offs and caveats raised
during that thread.

Thanks again.

Reinette