linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 07/38] x86/intel_rdt: Initialize new resource group with sane defaults

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:06:39 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     fenghua.yu@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com, gavin.hindman@...el.com,
        jithu.joseph@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 07/38] x86/intel_rdt: Initialize new resource group
 with sane defaults

Hi Thomas,

On 6/19/2018 9:53 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> On 6/19/2018 5:31 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>>>> +static void cbm_ensure_valid(u32 *_val, struct rdt_resource *r)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	unsigned long *val = (unsigned long *)_val;
>>>
>>> I'm a bit worried about the u32 to unsigned long case here. I know that
>>> cbm_len cannot exceed 32, but still. At least it wants a comment.
>>
>> Will do.
>>
>> I am planning to add the following to the next version.
> 
> Don't bother. I'm picking up the delta as I'm halfways through the whole
> thing by now and if there is no major update pending from your side, I'm
> going to merge it as is.

Thank you very much. I do not have anything else pending from my side at
this time.

Reinette