linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86/intel_rdt/mba_sc: Enable/disable MBA software controller

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Date:   Sun, 13 May 2018 21:35:22 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     vikas.shivappa@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86/intel_rdt/mba_sc: Enable/disable MBA software
 controller

On Fri, 20 Apr 2018, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
> +/*
> + * Enable or disable the MBA software controller
> + * which helps user specify bandwidth in MBps.
> + * MBA software controller is supported only if
> + * MBM is supported and MBA is in linear scale.
> + */
> +static int set_mba_sc(bool mba_sc)
> +{
> +	struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA];
> +
> +	if (!is_mbm_enabled() || !is_mba_linear() ||
> +	    mba_sc == is_mba_sc(r))
> +		return -1;

Please use a proper return value as this gets propagated.

Thanks,

	tglx